Emporium Auction - March 23, 2023
Thu, Mar 23, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 192
Four WWI Food Related Posters
Estimate: $300 - $500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(American, 20th century)
Two circa 1918 chromolithographs: A. Hendee, This is what God gives us What are you giving so that others may live?/ Eat less Wheat Meat Fats Sugar/Send more to Europe or they will starve, No. 19 U.S. Food Administration, circa 1918, 29 x 21 in.; Rudolph Scheffler (1884-1973), Spade Your Garden Now - It Must Feed You Better Next Year, Swift and Company - War Garden Bureau = Food Production and Conservation Committee - State Council of Defense of Illinois, Grier Press Chicago, circa 1918, 19 x 12-1/2; Two offset reproductions: Leonebel Jacobs, Win The Next War Now, F.M. Lupton, publisher, 1918, chromolithograph, 16 x 11-1/4 in.; James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960), Sow the seeds of Victory!/plant & raise your own vegetables/Every Garden a Munition Plant, 22 x 14-1/4 in.
Condition
"Eat less", C8 grade excellent, unbacked, small tears and creases at edges, toning; "Spade" C8 grade excellent, unbacked, creases, with some toning, minimal small tears; "Win" with toning, creases, tack holes with stains;"Sow" backed with canvas, toning, creases
Private Collection
