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292. WWI “Aviation, Fly With the US Marines” Howard Chandler Christy poster. (1920) Very possibly, this Howard Chandler
Christy illustration for Marine aviation is the rarest of WWI era posters, with only a few copies known. The staff of the Marine Corps
Museum, which holds Christy’s original oil painting, believed for many years that the poster had never actually been printed. Linen-
backed (29 x 39 in.; 737 x 990 mm.), fine. $7,000 - $10,000
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293. WWII “Your Talk May Kill Your Comrades” Abram Games Modernist poster.(1940) Abram Games, like E. McKnight
Kauffer elsewhere in this sale, introduced Modernist design to British propaganda and advertising. This design, of careless talk spiraling
out of control is considered one of the most essential of the entire WWII campaign. Unfolded unbacked (19 x 29 in.; 483 x 737 mm.),
fine. $800 - $1,200
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294. WWII “Careless Talk” collection
of (8) British pub window-cards by
Fougasse. (1939-1945) Collection of
(8) witty, clever, and humorous small-
format posters all by Fougasse, a.k.a. Cyril
Bird, for British Pubs and bus-shelters,
incorporating such elements as Hitler
wallpaper (“the walls have ears”) Hitler
liquor labels, etc. Japon-paper backed (4)
and unbacked (4), each (8 x 12.5 in.; 203
x 317 mm.), overall fine. $1,000 - $1,500
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295. WWII “He Talked - They Died” Abram Games Modernist
poster. (1940) A somewhat similar poster to “Your Talk…” by Games
and in a smaller size. Unfolded unbacked (9.5 x 14.5 in.; 241 x 368
mm.), with slight edge wear, very good. $300 - $500
296. WWII “If He Should Fall, Is Your Blood There To Save
Him?” Abram Games Modernist poster. (1940) A beautiful
design for British blood drives by Abram Games. The blank space
allowed for information about blood donation sites and dates.
Folded, unbacked (19 x 29.25 in.; 483 x 743 mm.), fine. $300 - $500
297. WWII “Form a £ Savings Group Now!” British thrift
poster. (1940) Art deco style in a nice British poster about saving.
Pat Keely is known for his WWII posters and graphic work and
posters for businesses and British Transport. Linen-backed (19.75 x
29.75 in.; 502 x 756 mm.), very fine. $400 - $600
298. WWII “Tittle Tattle Lost the Battle” British careless
talk poster. (1940) A British poster not by Fougasse but G.
Lacoste, clearly inspired by the Fougasse pub-warnings tradition.
Folded unbacked (16.25 x 22.75 in.; 413 x 578 mm.), very good.
$100 - $200
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299. WWII “Today Germany Is Ours, Tomorrow the Whole
World...Oh Yeah?” anti-Nazi arrogance poster. (1941) An
amusing small poster showing the American fighting spirit with a
somewhat bestial image of German soldiers. Linen-backed (16 x 20
in.; 406 x 508 mm.), very fine. $100 - $200
300. WWII “The Torch Be Yours to Hold It High” Canadian
homefront morale poster. (ca. 1942) Filipowski's modernist/
art deco Canadian design features the Vimy Memorial in France
and quotations from famous McCrae (who died on the European
battlefield) poem about the poppies of Flanders fields. Unbacked
(12 x 18 in.; 305 x 457 mm.), very fine. $200 - $300
301. WWII “Every Canadian Must Fight” work incentive
poster. (ca. 1942) A deco-inspired Canadian design incorporating
the iconic Thompson sub-machine gun, using the familiar device
of a worker shadowing a soldier. Philip Surrey had a long career
as an artist with The Standard newspaper in Montreal and then as
a painter. Folded, unbacked (21.5 x 30 in.; 546 x 762 mm.), very
fine. $300 - $500
302. WWII “It's Got To Fit To Do Its Bit!” Canadian work
incentive poster. (ca. 1942) A little-known poster from Canada
with appealing industrial imagery. Folded, unbacked (24 x 36 in.;
546 x 914 mm.), very fine. $300 - $500
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303. WWII “Don't Let That Shadow Touch Them” war bond poster. (1942) Lawrence Beall Smith created one of the most
haunting images of the entire WWII campaign, American children playing innocently with patriotic toys, caught in the shadow of a
giant Nazi swastika, worked so subtly into the design that most viewers miss it at first glance. Folded unbacked (28 x 40 in.; 711 x 1016
mm.), very fine. $600 - $800
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