[Rarebooks] FS: Illustrated SIGNED Handwritten Letter by J. M. Flagg, creator of "I Want You" recruiting poster, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $600 NET

FLAGG, James Montgomery. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) WITH AN ORIGINAL 
WATERCOLOR. A 2-page letter of @250 words on both sides of one sheet of 
paper in Flagg's hand addressed to "My poor dear Sucker" [Willis 
Birchman: author, illustrator, and friend of Flagg's]. With an ORIGINAL 
WATERCOLOR at the top of the letter of a standing man with a large heart 
for a head nonchalantly tossing aside his human head. Flagg explains 
that the cartoon is his reaction to news from Birchman regarding an 
apparent boarder and the disruption in his life. Flagg refers to a movie 
he made that he wishes to show Birchman about a visitor who came for a 
weekend and stayed seven years. SIGNED "Monty," as he often did when 
writing to Birchman. Flagg, the epitome of the bohemian artist 
(certainly this letter gives a good taste of that), was a master of 
portrait studies and incisive caricatures. He created many posters for 
the government and is best known for his famous "I Want You" Uncle Sam 
recruiting poster, an American icon. He was elected to the Society of 
Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1980. Normal creases from folding. Fine. 
(#010155)        $1,000.00

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