Auction 60 · Lot 370
(AMERICA).
- Estimate
- $1,500–$2,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
(New York), c. 1917
Description
(Poster). Kiracheim Av al Banim [“As a Father Would Have Mercy upon His Child.”] Issued for the benefit of the United War Work Campaign. Featuring a dispirited soldier being comforted by a welfare field worker. Encouraging sign in background reading: “Have You Written Home Today?”
summary
A rare Wold War I-era American Yiddish poster. Issued for the benefit of the United War Work Campaign. “Give your money! They give their lives!”
Laid down. 20 x 14.25 inches.
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