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Flagg, James Montgomery - ALS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
Flagg, James Montgomery - ALS
<Our item number 120030><B>Flagg, James Montgomery.</B> &#40;1877-1960&#41; American painter and illustrator; best remembered for the famous recruitment poster of Uncle Sam saying &#34;I Want You…&#34; TLS &#40;&#34;J Montgomery Flagg&#34;&#41;, 1½pp, 11&#34; x 8½&#34;, 33 W. 67th St &#40;New York&#41;, 1915 March 25. To &#34;Nichols,&#34; who seems to be writing an article about becoming an illustrator. Flagg thinks it unethical to talk about the &#34;big&#34; money to be made because it &#34;<I>incites the Kike and the trickster…and fills boarding houses and art schools with imcompetents</I>….<I>Don&#39;t look upon illustration as a trade!….It…takes more than the desire and determination and industry to become a good artist…it takes talent</I>!&#34; Excellent content. Fine; light toning. The signature is exceptionally large and bold. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;300-400. <BR><BR>Our item number 120030<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/43jpegs/120030.jp g"> </P></IMAGES>