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Howard Chandler Christy

I Want You for the Navy

Description

Maker

Howard Chandler Christy (American, 1873-1952)
Forbes, printer

Title

I Want You for the Navy

Year

1917

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

104.7 x 68.5 cm (41 1/4 x 26 15/16 inches) (sheet)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Title printed on UR quadrant: "I WANT / YOU"; title continued in lower quadrant: "for / THE NAVY"; artist name signed in stone in LR quadrant: "Howard Chandler Christy"; inscribed on botton margin: "PROMOTION FOR ANY ONE ENLISTING / APPLY ANY RECRUITING STATION/ OR POSTMASTER"; printer's name in LR corner: "F / FORBES / BOSTON"

Label: Small oval label on verso, LL corner: "E A 1838" ; rectangular label on verso, in mid-region: "THIS MUST BE RETURNED TO / F. D. CASEY, SECRETARY / DIVISION OF PICTORIAL PUBLICITY / ROOM 1203, 200 FIFTH AVENUE / NEW YORK CITY"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

empty

Object Number

18.549

Type

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Tombstone

Howard Chandler Christy (American, 1873-1952)
Forbes, printer
I Want You for the Navy, 1917
lithograph
104.7 x 68.5 cm (41 1/4 x 26 15/16 inches) (sheet)
empty 18.549

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