Lot 3308: JULES ADLER. FRENCH WORLD WAR I POSTER LOT

JULES ADLER. FRENCH WORLD WAR I POSTER LOT CONSISTS OF AN ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I POSTER BY JULES ADLER (1865-1952). TITLED "EMPRUNT DE LA D?FENSE NATIONALE - EUX AUSSI! FONT LEUR DEVOIR", WHICH TRANSLATES TO "NATIONAL DEFENSE LOAN - THEY ALSO! ARE DOING THEIR DUTY.". POSTER DEPICTS A WOUNDED SOLDIER IN FOREGROUND. CIVILIANS IN LINE AT A CASHIER'S WINDOW IN BACKGROUND. THE NATIONAL DEFENSE LOAN WAS THE FIRST DEFENSE LOAN OF THE WAR. THIS LOAN REALIZED 13 MILLION FRANCS. PUBLISHED 1915, PARIS, IMP. IMAGE SEEN IS APPROX. 30" X 45-1/2", OVERALL FRAMED PIECE IS APPROX. 34" X 49". POSTER HAS SOME CREASES ALONG THE EDGES AND TOP LEFT CORNER, AND SOME EDGE TEARS.