eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1h0678 ON LES AURA linen 30x45 French WWI war poster 1916 Jules Abel Faivre art of soldier with gun! Date Sold 12/26/2021Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked French World War I Poster (measures 30" x 45" [76 x 114 cm]) (Learn More) On Les Aura! (literally translates to "We'll Get Them!"), the 1916 French World War I (WWI) War Bond poster ("2e Emprunt de La Defense Nationale") encouraging citizens to buy war bonds, and featuring Abel Faivre art of a French soldier. Note that there is a U.S. World War II poster that has a soldier in an extremely similar pose to this, and that poster has "We have just begun to fight!" at the top. Obviously, the artist of that poster (unknown to us) drew his inspiration for his poster from this French one! Artist: Abel Faivre Important Added Info: Note that this poster has been trimmed and it now measures 30" x 45" [76 x 114 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had some scuffs, tiny tears, and tiny paper loss on parts of the folds, with some small tears, creases, and smudges around the edges, and some smudges scattered in the light background areas. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Also, after the poster was backed, it was slightly roughly handled, which resulted in creases down the right excess linen, but not affecting the poster. Learn More about condition grades
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