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162. Jonas: 1778-1783 America Owes France the Most Unalterable Gratitude 1918.
Litho printed in Paris solicits aid for French war orphans. Yank at graveside of French soldier pledges "French comrade, your children shall be as our children."
32x24 NML $985.
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Sentry on the battlefield glances down at welcome box of amenities provided by French fair goers. Quote from Leon Gambetta recorded in the Chamber of Deputies of the French Senate posted on broken wall that reads “with you we swear to save France.”
Paillard 55. 47x32 NML $825.
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Xenophobic poster issued by the Souvenez-Vous (Remember) League of Paris reminds viewers that the businessman now soliciting their trade is the same German that burned, pillaged and murdered their citizens and can never be trusted.
Paillard 309. Scarce. 22x13 NM $450.
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165. Neumont: They Shall Not Pass 1918.
Poster based on sketches made in Oct. ‘17 during the siege of Verdun. The Germans unveiled a new weapon there- the horrific flame-thrower. The Germans called their 1915 attack on Verdun operation gericht (place of execution). The French withstood a three-year siege Verdun was an important national symbol.
Rare. 47x32 AML $950.
World War i: French War Loans |
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Enraged Mari-anne stands before map of France pleading for help while simultaneously throttling the Prussian eagle. Fine vignettes of biplane trailing U.S. flag and tank topped with French colors seen underneath.
Paillard 231. 47x32 ML $725.
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Poilu is shown bidding his family adieu as his wife suckles a baby - a reminder that the French, like all combatants, believed they were fighting for a better future for their children.
Aulich 104, Bohrmann 81, Hardie & Sabin 33, Paillard 164, Richards 44. 45x31 NML $785.
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No French poster can top the elan and energy of Romberg’s portrayal of an Algerian horseman galloping across an explosively lit stage. Algerian and Canadian troops were caught in the first gas attack on the western front. They also served at Verdun.
Paillard 234. 47x32 EL $1250.
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Sem places General Foch on a graceful hillock, the only figure in the broad panorama who stands alone and aloof. Fine rendering of determined poilus trudging across a shell-pocked terrain while ‘chateau general’ remains aloof.
Hardie & Sabin 27, Paillard 247, Paret 52. 32x47 ANML $950.
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Poster imagines Napoleonic ghost riders swooping down on a parade of jaunty modern poilus. The Arch of Triumph in Paris becomes a majestic stage set for a paean to French glory. Sem, the nom d’artiste of Goursat, was a beloved bon vivant. His murals still define jauntiness at Maxim’s de Paris.
Aulich 57, Darracott & Loftus 3. 44x31 NML $425.
World War i: French Aid for Serbia |
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Poster based on photo of epic Serbian retreat over Albanian mountains. General Putnik, in his seventies and ill, stands with a nearly blind King Peter, who rode in an oxcart to stay with his people.
Hardie & Sabin 25, Paillard 43. 45x31 NML $1100.
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Dramatic portrayal of the retreating Serbs crossing the bridge at Viziers, in Albania, after they were abandoned by their Allies, the French. Serbian King Peter had been educated at Saint-Cyr and had fought for the French in the war of 1870 making the failure to aid Serbia especially reprehensible.
Paillard 42. 32x47 NML $875.
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Serbians driven from their homes by a combined Central Powers offensive, confront the viewer at they end of their torturous trek across Albania. Steinlen was renowned for his ability to convey mood and emotion and had an early influence on Picasso’s blue period.
Aulich 118, Paret 51, Paillard 41. 47x32 AML $950.