James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
American, 1877-1960
James Montgomery Flagg was a prodigious illustrator, working as a contributing artist to Life magazine at the surprisingly young age of 14. Flagg was born on June 18, 1877, in the Village of Pelham. He is most famous for creating the first image of the fictional Uncle Sam. His ‘I Want You’ lithographed image of Uncle Sam was published in 1917, during the First World War. It is storied that Flagg used his own image as the model for Uncle Sam, imagining himself as a much older man and with facial hair. Flagg died on May 27, 1960, in New York.
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Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
As Easy as Kiss Me Hand
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right
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20th Century James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Working Man's Choice
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper
Signature: Inscribed and Signed
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1920s James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Pen
“Three-Fingered Jenny, ” story illustration for McClure’s
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Three-Fingered Jenny” by C.N. and A.M. Williamson (Alice Muriel Williamson) for McClure’s Magazine, published February 1916, page 24.
The full caption reads...
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20th Century James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Ink
Dancing with Woman Overlooking
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Contact for exact dimensions.
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20th Century James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Mr. Bingle
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
"Mr. Bingle." Frontispiece illustration for "Mr. Bingle" by George Barr McCutcheon (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1915.)
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1910s James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Board, Pen
Actress June Knight
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Miami, FL
Celebrity portrait sketch of
actress June Knight but James Montgomery Flagg on card stock in two colors.
Signed and inscribed lower right. The work is unframed.
There
is a slight cr...
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1930s Academic James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Cream of Wheat Ad
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
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1910s James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Setting Off
By James Montgomery Flagg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Ink on Paperboard
Dimensions: 24.50" x 21.00"
Signature: Signed 'James Montgomery Flagg' Lower Left
Category
20th Century James Montgomery Flagg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Board
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