Christy: I Want You for the Navy 1917.

$2,450.00

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Howard Chandler Christy: I Want You for the Navy 1917. With her hair streaming in the wind and her hands jammed in her pockets, a come-hither blonde models a petty officer’s uniform. The famous artist represented his ideal beautiful woman, a blend of outdoorsy and alluring. 40×28 near mint, conservation backed

Bibliography: Joseph Darracott & Belinda Loftus First World War in Posters, page 21, Peter Paret et al Persuasive Images, page 74, Walton Rawls Wake Up America! page 78.