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Summer 2024 Fine Art & Estate Auction

WWI Propaganda Poster, Joseph Pennell

This auction ended on August 1, 2024.

Start price: $50

Estimated price: $100 - $200

Buyer's Premium: 23%

Sold for: $70

Description

Item/Description: Original, color lithograph war propaganda poster imagines an apocalyptic attack on New York by German military via air and sea. Reading across bottom: That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth. Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan. Joseph Pennell del. / Ketterlinus Phila. imp.
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) American draftsman, etcher, lithographer, and illustrator for books and magazines.

Material: paper, linen ink

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 40 1/2"; Width: 29 1/2"

Condition: Signs of age wear including creasing, paper loss, tears, staining and discoloration.

Age: c 1918

Provenance: Private estate

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