Louis Fancher Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Louis Fancher Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 20, 2024
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Native American Chief.
Est: $800 - $1,200
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Native American Chief. Study illustration and tear sheet for The American Magazine front cover, March 1934; Gouache on board. 11 x 8 inches each. Signed in lower right image.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 03, 2023
U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS RECRUITMENT POSTER BY LOUIS FANCHER
Est: $400 - $600
Scarce WWI American U.S. Army Signal Corps recruitment poster with artwork by American illustrator Louis Fancher (1884-1944). The poster shows a soldier in the foreground holding a wrench and raising his right, a silhouette of a bi-plane in the background 'Over There! Skilled Workers - On the ground behind the lines - In the Air Service.' Printed by Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. Professionally linen backed and restored. 29.5 x 40 inches. Excellent.
Fairhill Auction LLC
Nov. 13, 2022
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
ARTIST: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) SIZE: 27 3/4 x 41 in./70.5 x 104.3 cm PRINTER: The Hegeman Print, New York DESCRIPTION: Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public during the War, “the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for movies taken by military cameramen... When films began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates. Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies” (Rawls, p. 141 and 143). (War & Propaganda; Film; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 04, 2022
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). U•S• OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES. 1917. 41½x28 inches, 105½x71 cm. The Hegemon Print, New York.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) U•S• OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES. 1917. 41 1/2x28 inches, 105 1/2x71 cm. The Hegemon Print, New York. Condition A-: repaired tears in margins, one slightly into upper left image; creases and small replaced losses in margins. Rawls p. 139.
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 15, 2020
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917.
Est: $3,500 - $4,500
ARTIST: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) SIZE: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm PRINTER: The Hegeman Print, New York DESCRIPTION: Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public during the War, the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for movies taken by military cameramen... When films began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates. Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies (Rawls, p. 141 and 143). Provenance: Hans Sachs collection. (Art Nouveau; War & Propaganda; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 27, 2020
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES / WOODROW WILSON. Circa 1918. 19x26 inches, 48x68 cm. Latham Litho. & Ptg., [New York
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES / WOODROW WILSON. Circa 1918. 19 1/4x26 3/4 inches, 48 3/4x68 cm. Latham Litho. & Ptg., [New York.] Condition B: extensive overpainting in margins; repaired tears, replaced losses, creases and restoration in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Golden Age 105.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 21, 2020
Scribner's / September. 1907.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) SIZE: 14 3/4 x 22 7/8 in./37.6 x 58 cm PRINTER: DESCRIPTION: Scribner's is ideal for a relaxing, late-summer read, as this 1907 poster suggests. Fancher employs a mostly monotone palette to let the accents of yellow pop like the sun arching above dissipating clouds. Rare! (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Feb. 23, 2020
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
ARTIST: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) SIZE: 28 1/4 x 41 1/4 in./71.6 x 104.6 cm PRINTER: The Hegeman Print, New York DESCRIPTION: Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public during the War, the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for movies taken by military cameramen... When films began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates. Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies (Rawls, p. 141 and 143). (Art Nouveau; World War I; American; Propaganda; Film)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 07, 2019
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). OVER THERE! / IN THE AIR SERVICE. Circa 1918. 40x30 inches, 101x76 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia.
Est: $700 - $900
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) OVER THERE! / IN THE AIR SERVICE. Circa 1918. 40x30 inches, 101 1/2x76 1/4 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. Condition B / B+: losses, tears, repaired tears and creases in margins; archival tape on verso. Paper. On May 24, 1918, President Wilson removed responsibility for American military aviation from the Signal Corps and placed it within two agencies under the supervision of the U.S. Army: The Bureau of Aircraft Production and the Division of Military Aeronautics. These two branches were officially recognized as the U.S. Army Air Service. Rawls p. 175.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 15, 2016
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Artist: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Size: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm Hogeman Print, N.Y. Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public regarding the War, the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for . . . movies taken by military cameramen . . . When films . . . began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates . . . Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies (Rawls, pp. 141 & 143).
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 16, 2015
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
Artist: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Size: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm Hogeman Print, N.Y. Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public regarding the War, "the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for . . . movies taken by military cameramen . . . When films . . . began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates . . . Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies" (Rawls, pp. 141 & 143).
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 11, 2015
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
Artist: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Size: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm Hogeman Print, N.Y. Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public regarding the War, "the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for . . . movies taken by military cameramen . . . When films . . . began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates . . . Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies" (Rawls, pp. 141 & 143).
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 05, 2015
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). U•S• OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES. 1917. 41x28 inches, 104x71 cm. The Hegeman Print, New York.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) U•S• OFFICIAL WAR PICTURES. 1917. 41 1/4x28 inches, 104 3/4x71 cm. The Hegeman Print, New York. Condition B / B-: restored losses, repaired tears, restoration and foxing in margins, some affecting image. Rawls p. 139.
Swann Auction Galleries
Aug. 05, 2015
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). OVER THERE! / IN THE AIR SERVICE. Circa 1918. 40x30 inches, 101x76 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia.
Est: $800 - $1,200
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) OVER THERE! / IN THE AIR SERVICE. Circa 1918. 40x30 inches, 101 1/2x76 1/4 cm. Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. Condition B+: tears and creases in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds; pin holes in corners. Paper. On May 24, 1918, President Wilson removed responsibility for American military aviation from the Signal Corps and placed it within two agencies under the supervision of the U.S. Army: the Bureau of Aircraft Production and the Division of Military Aeronautics. These two branches were officially recognized as the U.S. Army Air Service. Rawls p. 175.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 02, 2015
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917
Est: $5,000 - $6,000
Artist: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Size: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm Hogeman Print, N.Y. Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public regarding the War, "the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for . . . movies taken by military cameramen . . . When films . . . began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates . . . Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies" (Rawls, pp. 141 & 143).
Poster Auctions International Inc
Jan. 25, 2015
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917
Est: $5,000 - $6,000
Artist: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Size: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm Hogeman Print, N.Y. Because film was the most effective way of reaching and eliciting a response from the American public regarding the War, "the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for . . . movies taken by military cameramen . . . When films . . . began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates . . . Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies" (Rawls, pp. 141 & 143).
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 25, 2014
Rare Original American World War I Air Service Poster
Est: $460 - $800
Fancher, Louis 1884 -. Over There - In The Air Service. Letterpress Print ca. 1918. Size: 40.1 x 29.9 in. (102 x 76 cm). Printer: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. Condition Details: (A-/B+) was folded, on linen, small tears at the edges and folds, tiny losses in the outer margins.
PosterConnection Inc.
May. 04, 2014
U.S. Official War Pictures. 1917
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Artist: LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) Size: 28 3/8 x 41 in./72 x 104 cm Hogeman Print, N.Y. "It was clear to [head of WWI's United States Committee on Public Information] George Creel that he could not ignore the motion picture as a way of stirring hearts and minds about the sacrifices that America's boys were making 'over there' . . . As a result, the Committee on Public Information became the official distributor for . . . movies taken by military cameramen . . . When films . . . began to arrive from France (censored of hardship, mutilation, and atrocity), the Committee would make duplicate prints of those thought most useful to the war effort and distribute them to the news media, to libraries, and to historical societies. The bulk of the motion picture footage shot at the front was made available, for a fee, to the weekly film-news syndicates . . . Experienced film editors did what they could to put the remaining footage into stirring movies to distribute free among state councils of defense and various patriotic societies" (Rawls, pp. 141 & 143).
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 07, 2013
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). U.S. OFFICIAL / WAR PICTURES. 1917. 41x28 inches, 105x71 cm. The Hegemon Print, N.Y.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) U.S. OFFICIAL / WAR PICTURES. 1917. 41 1/2x28 inches, 105 1/2x71 cm. The Hegemon Print, N.Y. Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Rawls p. 139.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 08, 2011
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944). THE VOICE OF VICTORY / ASSOCIATED ADVERTISING CLUBS OF THE WORLD. 1918. 27x21 inches, 70x54 cm. Schmidt Lith
Est: $800 - $1,200
LOUIS FANCHER (1884-1944) THE VOICE OF VICTORY / ASSOCIATED ADVERTISING CLUBS OF THE WORLD. 1918. 27 3/4x21 1/4 inches, 70 1/2x54 cm. Schmidt Litho, San Francisco. Condition B+: restored pin-holes at corners; repaired tears at edges, one affecting image; horizontal fold.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 10, 2010
Rare Original American World War I Air Service Poster
Est: $100 - $450
Fancher, Louis 1884 - Over There - In The Air Service Letterpress Print ca. 1918 40.1 x 29.9 in. (102 x 76 cm) Printer: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia Description / Details: (B) was folded, tears and staining at the edges and at the folds, paper losses in the margins and in the top left corner
PosterConnection Inc.
Apr. 25, 2009
Original American World War I Air Service Poster
Est: $360 - $600
Fancher, Louis 1884 - Over There - In The Air Service Letterpress Print ca. 1918 40.1 x 29.9 in. (102 x 76 cm) Printer: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia Description / Details: (B) was folded, tears and staining at the edges and at the folds, paper losses in the margins and in the top left corner Estimate: $600 Reserve: $360
PosterConnection Inc.
Jul. 20, 2005
LOUIS FANCHER (American 1884-1944) "Moving Lumber" oil canvas. Signed lower left, 24" x 18".
Est: $400 - $600
LOUIS FANCHER (American 1884-1944) "Moving Lumber" oil canvas. Signed lower left, 24" x 18".
Jackson's International
Mar. 01, 2005
Louis Fancher (1884-1944)
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Price 10 Cents (Horseman and Carriage in the snow, New York) signed and dated 'LOUIS FANCHER 07' (lower right) oil on canvasboard 24 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (61.6 x 48.9 cm.)
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