Auction 005
Original Vintage Posters - September Sale
By AntikBar Auctions
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Sep 21, 2024
404 King’s Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0LJ
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LOT 418:
War Poster War Loan WWI France Sem
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War Poster War Loan WWI France Sem
Original vintage War Loan poster issued in France for the National Loan oferred by the National Credit Bank. Affiche de Sem, editee et offerte par la Banque nationale de credit a l'occasion de l'emprunt national (Octobre 1918). Georges Goursat (18631934), known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Epoque. Aged over 50 at the start of World War I, Goursat was not drafted. He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact". Ten were published in 1917 in Un pekin sur le front. Two others were incorporated in 1923 in another book, La Ronde de Nuit. In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War sketches). Their style is completely different from his previous work. He also designed posters for war bonds. Acceptable condition, foxing, staining, tears, creasing, paper losses. Country of issue: France, designer: Sem, size (cm): 37x53, year of printing: 1918
