Follow the Flag—Enlist in the Navy
Date1917
Artist
James Henry Daugherty
(American artst, 1889–1974)
Illustration CitationWorld War I United States Navy recruiting poster
MediumColor lithograph
Dimensions41 1/2 x 27 5/8 in. (105.4 x 70.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Joseph Bancroft, 1940
Object number1940-10.75
On View
On viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextDaugherty was a mural painter and an abstract figurative painter influenced by art he’d seen at the Armory Show in 1913. During his early days in New York, he earned his living creating illustrations. His poster Follow the Flag is constructed in a very painterly fashion with the restless line of the flag’s stripes energizing the form.
Henry James Soulen
1945
