BUTTON YOUR LIP! LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES:
New York: British and American Ambulance Corps, 1942. Vintage original. Poster, 19 7/8 x 13 15/16 nches. Color lithograph on papers. Slight crease at the upper right corner; light signs of handling. Near fine. Item #54807
Otto Soglow (December 23, 1900-April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King.
Born in Yorkville, Manhattan, Soglow studied with John Sloan at the Art Students League of New York. He published his first cartoon in 1919 and throughout the 1920s he published them in numerous magazines. Most notably he was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, where his character The Little King first appeared in 1931. William Randolph Hearst lured Soglow away for his King Features Syndicate, but contractual obligations to The New Yorker prevented The Little King from appearing immediately, so Soglow produced a knock-off strip called The Ambassador from 1933 to 1934. The Little King debuted on September 9, 1934 and ran until Soglow's death in 1975.
This poster shows a soldier, with his lips closed with three buttons.
Price: $325.00