I Want You for U.S. Army

Media - 1995.84.53 - SAAM-1995.84.53_1 - 67924
Copied James Montgomery Flagg, I Want You for U.S. Army, 1917, chromolithograph on paper, sheet and image: 39 1⁄2 x 29 in. (100.4 x 73.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Barry and Melissa Vilkin, 1995.84.53

Artwork Details

Title
I Want You for U.S. Army
Artist
Date
1917
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 39 1⁄2 x 29 in. (100.4 x 73.8 cm)
Markings
center right in plate: JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG lower left to right printed: I WANT YOU/FOR U.S. ARMY/NEAREST RECRUITING STATION
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Melissa Vilkin
Mediums Description
chromolithograph on paper
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure
  • History — United States — World War I
  • Cartoon — political — Uncle Sam
  • Portrait male — Flagg, James Montgomery — self-portrait
  • Object — written matter — poster
Object Number
1995.84.53
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1995.84.53