Showing posts with label I Want You. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Want You. Show all posts

Rick Griffin: Mickey Mouse Wants You

Rick Griffin takes James Montgomery Flagg's iconic World War I "I Want You" poster and has some fun with it for Walt Disney. Later Alton Kelley frames the preliminary drawing.

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You
Frame by Alton Kelley

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You
Frame by Alton Kelley 
Bonhams Los Angeles, June 14, 2009
Unsold
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17108/lot/6262/?search_query=1&division=None&passages=True&earliest_first=True&country=None&past_sales=past&back_to_year=2003&sale_no=None&top_level_department=None&department=None&query=Mickey+mouse+I+want+you&create_facets=True&value_data_currency=GBP

Rick Griffin, Mickey Mouse Wants You


Note:  The original Flagg poster is in yesterday's post here.

0796
Labels: , , , , , , , , , ,

James Montgomery Flagg's "I Want You" Poster

James Montgomery Flagg's most popular and enduring work by far is the "I Want You for U.S. Army" recruiting poster from 1917. The artist himself served as the model for Uncle Sam.

James Montgomery Flagg, "I Want You for U.S. Army" Poster, 1917
Heritage Auctions, December 11, 2012






James Montgomery Flagg, "I Want You for U.S. Army" Poster, 1917
Heritage Auctions, December 11, 2012


James Montgomery Flagg, "I Want You for U.S. Army" Poster, 1917
Heritage Auctions, December 11, 2012

Note:  Does anyone know what became of the original artwork for this iconic poster? Just asking.

Catch  more Flagg illustrations here or by clicking on the label below.

0795
Labels: , , , , , , , ,