1917 World War One Enlistment Poster
On August 5th at 10:30am Eastern Time a selection of 700 vintage posters will be auctioned off at Invaluable.com .
Among them will be this item to the left, Lot 99, a recruitment poster to inspire Americans to enlist in the fight against the Kaiser and company.
Other posters available include:
Lot 163: NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894-1978). [THE FOUR FREEDOMS.] Group of 4 posters.
Estimate $3,000 to $4,000
On January 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addressed the United States Congress on the escalating threat to American security caused by the war raging in Europe. In this now famous “Four Freedoms” speech, Roosevelt encouraged America to step up war production and put the nation in the mindset for the inevitable involvement in the war.
Lot 48: HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (1864-1901). MAY MILTON
Estimate $10,000 to $15,000
His attraction to May Belfort, who sang kitschy love songs while holding a cat, resulted in a poster for her. It also produced this poster for her lover, May Milton, an English dancer. It is one of the best examples of Lautrec’s brilliant use of blank paper to help create an image. Against the white background, he evokes the perspective of the stage with a few lines, and conveys the dancer’s figure in a Continue reading
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