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JAMES MONTGOMERY
FLAGG.
“She Believed the
Ladies’ Home Journal.
” Ink
and wash on thick paper. 356x279 mm;
14x11 inches, on paper measuring 15
1
/
4
x12
1
/
2
inches. Signed twice below image in ink
and color pencil. Pinholes, notations, and
toning in margins, stamp on verso, light
soiling, word “magazine” roughly scratched
out. Matted and framed. Nd.
[300/400]
Full poem beneath image reads: “He stood for
whipped cream on his kidney sautés / he even took
syrup on stew / but he couldn’t do cherries in thick
mayonnaise / so he left her to start life anew!”
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JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG.
Group of 4WorldWar II-era cartoons.Watercolor and ink on paper. 216x280 mm; 8
1
/
2
x11
inches, sheets. Soft horizontal and vertical creases on each. Nd, circa 1945.
[1,200/1,800]
“Come and get it!” Initialed in lower left * “Scene in Ralph H. Jones Co’s Offices in Cincinnati
- Examining a painting by James Montgomery Flagg.” * “Carry me back to ol’Virginny.” Initialed
in lower right * “Will you f’gawdsake come back here!” Signed “Monty” in lower right.
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