ORIGINAL "WATERCOLOR BY COAST GUARD COMBAT ARTIST JOSEPH DI GEMMA" 1944.
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Auction 189 - Part I
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Item Description
14x18" image in 19x23" wood frame. Illustration shows servicemen boarding interior of ship. Officer at right. Left foreground shows photographer taking photo of soldiers. Lower right shows "Log Book/USS Gen. G.M. Randall/AP 1 15". Upper left has artist name and year 1945 (partially matted out). Attached to back of art board is typed text "Coming Aboard/Soldiers Coming Aboard A Coast Guard Manned Troop Ship At Norfolk, VA. En Route To The South Pacific. Watercolor By Coast Guard Combat Artist Joseph DeGemma, Brooklyn, N.Y. Virginia, 1944." Also, two typed stickers reading "Property Of Public Relations Division U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Washington, D.C./Government Property." Wonderful example of WWII military art. Exc.
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