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Framed, Original Vintage "Elvis Presley, Wild in the Country" Poster
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Dimensions with frame: 36″ x 30″
Medium: Original Offset Lithograph Vintage Poster
c. 1961
An
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Glass
Original Vintage Poster Army Of Book Lovers Children Reading Knowledge Education
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet education poster - Reading is the best teaching! - featuring advice by the
Category
1980s Russian Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
H 20.87 in W 16.15 in D 0.04 in
Rare Robert Creeley/David Roth 'Poster Poem' of Black Mountain College Interest
By David Roth
Located in Sharon, CT
Robert Creeley "The Boy" Poster Poem published 1968 by Edward Budowski (Aries Publications Buffalo
Category
1960s American Minimalist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
H 30 in W 23 in D 0.07 in
Rare Charles Olson/David Roth 'Poster Poem' of Black Mountain College Interest
By David Roth
Located in Sharon, CT
Charles Olson's "The heart is a clock" Poster Poem published 1968 by Edward Budowski (Aries
Category
1960s American Minimalist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
H 30 in W 23 in D 0.07 in
Poster of the exhibition Gaspar Room. 156 Engravings by Picasso, circa 1978
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Poster of the exhibition Gaspar Room. 156 Engravings by Picasso.
Manufactured in Spain, circa 1978
Category
1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 23.63 in W 17.72 in D 0.04 in
Bassett Fine Art French Art Nouveau Steinlen Clinique Cheron Paris Ad Print
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Dayton, OH
. Steinlen famously produced posters and illustrations for Le Chat Noir, a Paris club known as the first
Category
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
Wrapped Paris Review deluxe hand signed, numbered Lt Ed for literary publication
By Christo
Located in New York, NY
funds for the Paris Review literary publication. Published by The Paris Review. There was a separate
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Graphite, Pencil
H 41 in W 29.5 in D 1 in
Tomi Ungerer Evergreen Review poster, 1967 (protest posters)
By Tomi Ungerer
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage original Tomi Ungerer, Vietnam protest poster, Evergreen Review, 1967:
Grove Press
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Lucio Saffaro - Vintage Poster - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Lucio Saffaro - vintage poster is an original offset advertising of 1979.
The state of
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper, Offset
1975 exhibition poster by Roman Cieslewicz - Poetic intervention
By Roman Cieslewicz
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1975 exhibition poster "Le labyrinthe collectif d'intervention poétique dans chut ! chut ! chut
Category
1970s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
Casino Knokke Poster (Signed) /// Contemporary Abstract Sculpture Frank Stella
By Frank Stella
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Frank Stella (American, 1936-)
Title: "Casino Knokke"
Series: Casino Knokke Posters
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker
Pierre Alechinsky's 1999 original poster for Le Printemps des Poètes - Poetry
By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre Alechinsky's 1999 original poster for Le Printemps des Poètes (Spring of Poets) stands as a
Category
1990s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper
Espagne Spain original vintage travel poster by José Ortega "Don Quixote"
By José Ortega
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage travel posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Original Pamplona Running of the Bulls vintage poster San Fermin, Spain
Located in Spokane, WA
Original San Fermin Pamplona running of the bulls, vintage poster.
Archival linen backed in very
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 36.5 in W 24.5 in D 0.05 in
'Le Condottiere' original signed lithograph poster, knight on horseback 1970s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This poster, produced for the 1978 International Meeting of Fine Art Dealers in Washington
Category
1970s Contemporary Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
'Artist Series at the Pabst' original lithograph poster, violinists 1980s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This limited edition poster was produced for the fifth anniversary season of the Artist Series at
Category
1980s Contemporary Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Sister Corita (vintage hand signed poster) Images Gallery rarely found signed
By Corita Kent
Located in New York, NY
Sister Mary Corita Kent
Sister Corita hand signed poster, 1985
Offset Lithograph
Signed in pencil
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Pencil, Lithograph, Offset
Rarely seen limited edition Spanish/English protest poster, Signed by Baldessari
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
work was, exceptionally, uniquely hand signed by the artist
Extremely rare vintage political poster
Category
1980s Conceptual Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Offset, Permanent Marker, Lithograph
Agit-Okno No. 49, Russian Anti-Nazi Poster, Okna-Tass Studio
Located in Long Island City, NY
spontaneously formed in Moscow. Comprised of renowned artists, poets and literary figures, the new consortium
Category
1940s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Stencil
'Weisbuch gravures' original signed exhibition poster Musée d'Art Moderne Paris
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This poster, published in Paris, was produced for a 1978 exhibition of the prints of contemporary
Category
1970s Contemporary Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
'Il bouge sans arrêt' original signed lithograph poster after drypoint, 1960s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This poster is a lithographic enlargement of the dry point print 'Il bouge sans arrêt' by the
Category
1960s Contemporary Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Original Poster Sister Corita Kent Lithograph Pop Art "Life Without War"
By Mary Corita (Sister Corita) Kent
Located in Surfside, FL
Poster
1985 Corita Billboard Event - Part of Peace Week, January 17-24, 1985
San Luis Obispo, California
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Screen, Offset
Premiere U.S. Exhibition Poster at David Barnett Gallery, signed by Weisbuch
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is the poster published by the David Barnett Gallery for the first exhibition of Claude
Category
1970s Contemporary Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Poster: Photographs 1970-1990 with Steve Martin (Hand signed by Annie Leibovitz)
By Annie Leibovitz
Located in New York, NY
poster (hand signed)
Boldly signed in black marker on the front
30 × 24 inches
Ansel Adams Center for
Category
1990s Realist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Ink, Offset, Lithograph
"Galerie Maeght, " Graphic Color Lines Lithograph Poster by Jean Rene Bazaine
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Galerie Maeght" lithograph poster by Jean Rene Bazaine. This poster holds Bazine's name in harsh
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
U.S. Premiere Exhibition Poster at the David Barnett Gallery (43/58)
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 26-3/4"x19-3/4"
Frame: 27"x20"
Poster, signed & inscribed to Philip Barnett lower left
(43/58
Category
1970s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Drowned and the Saved Poster, hand signed twice by Richard Serra
By Richard Serra
Located in New York, NY
Richard Serra), 1992
Offset lithograph poster (hand signed twice by Richard Serra)
Signed twice on the
Category
1990s Minimalist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Offset
1969 Original lithograph by Pablo Picasso titled "Hommage à René Char"
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
with existential themes, found an appreciative ally in Picasso. The poster serves as both an
Category
1960s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Signed Tito Salomoni Oil On Canvas Painting, Portrait of a Surrealist Woman
Located in Hudson, NY
barriers between the conscious and the unconscious. Surrealism was originally a literary movement but
Category
20th Century Italian Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Canvas
Temple Church and Library after Bombardment lithograph by Walter Spradbery
Located in London, GB
Blitz, and each poster also included a literary quotation.
Walter Ernest Spradbery was a designer
Category
1940s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Rare historic broadside for 1971 Andy Warhol Gotham Bookmart exhibition
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
", 1971
Offset lithograph poster
18 × 12 1/2 inches
Unframed (not signed)
This poster was created in
Category
1970s Pop Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Keith Haring 1987 illustration art (vintage Keith Haring Yale University)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Haring printed signature along the right side
Offset printed literary publication; 8 x 10.5 inches. 31
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Offset, Paper
Untitled (Between C & D)
By David Wojnarowicz
Located in New York, NY
In this offset poster, printed in collaboration with the Lower East Side literary magazine
Category
1980s Contemporary Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Offset
"Day of Sail" - prominent American artist, Marine Art
By Gordon Grant
Located in Rockport, MA
role in creating wartime posters during World War I and contributed illustrations to literary works
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Oil
Original Rare Mid Century Cubist Pencil Portrait of A Miner by Francois Gianolla
Located in Cirencester, GB
settling in Charleroi he became a friend of Félicien Barry, head of the Literary Association of the city
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
H 22.45 in W 18.51 in D 1.19 in
FACE OF THE NIGHT(Octavio Paz)Lithograph on Arches Paper, Abstract Expressionist
By (after) Robert Motherwell
Located in Union City, NJ
FACE OF THE NIGHT (For Octavio Paz) is a limited run lithograph exhibition poster printed in
Category
1980s Expressionist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.19 in W 8.98 in D 0.04 in
Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.19 in W 8.98 in D 0.04 in
Jean Cocteau - White Book - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.19 in W 8.98 in D 0.04 in
Jean Cocteau - Duality - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.19 in W 8.98 in D 0.04 in
Color Abstraction - ScreenPrint by Gianni Dova - 1970s
By Gianni Dova
Located in Roma, IT
his plans, he met and frequented the artists who met in the literary cafés and who had, among others
Category
1970s Abstract Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Screen
H 35.44 in W 27.56 in D 0.4 in
Mid Century Wood Cut -- Wild Penguins 13/33
By Hannah Yakin
Located in Soquel, CA
at Academia Artibus, Utrecht, the Netherlands and in Paris with famous poster designer and graphic
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Ink, Woodcut, Paper
Jean Cocteau - Antigone - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte, France, a
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Affiche - Le Condottiere, signed inscribed to D.B.
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 29-3/8"x 21-1/8"
Frame: 31'x 22-1/2"
Original signed lithograph poster
Claude Weisbuch was
Category
1970s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Repentance of Mrs... - Original Lithograph by Aubrey Beardsley - 1970
By Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
Located in Roma, IT
, and other artistic and literary works. Editor Beardlsey was also a regular contributor of artwork to
Category
1970s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 17.33 in W 12.41 in D 0.04 in
A Night Piece - Original Lithograph by Aubrey Beardsley - 1970s
By Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
Located in Roma, IT
literary works. Editor Beardlsey was also a regular contributor of artwork to the book, and his drawings
Category
1970s Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 16.93 in W 12.41 in D 0.04 in
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Original vintage gouache painting on poster board by Emma Heinzelmann (Hungarian, born 1930
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Gouache
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Original vintage gouache painting on poster board by Emma Heinzelmann (Hungarian, born 1930
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Gouache
Container for candy or cookies in crystal and Murano, 1940
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
founded in 1892. The goals of the new movement in Vienna were expressed by the literary critic Hermann
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Jean Cocteau - Immortal Goat - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, including The Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. He died on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
, designing posters and exhibiting her own work at venues including the Worcester Art Mluseum and a Manhattan
Category
1940s Abstract Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Jean Cocteau - Poets - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. He died on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean
Category
1950s Surrealist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Actress - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. He died on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean
Category
1950s Surrealist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Christ - Original Handsigned and Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on July 5, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte, France, a village 12
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 19.89 in W 13 in D 0.04 in
Jean Cocteau - Angel - Original Handcolored Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, including The Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. He died on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 18.71 in W 12.8 in D 0.04 in
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Nevelson, seeking portrait commissions, designing posters and exhibiting her own work at venues including
Category
1940s Abstract Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Jean Cocteau - He ! He! Toro - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Beast and Orpheus. He died on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Jean Cocteau was born on
Category
1960s Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Europe's Agriculture - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
, including The Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. He died on October 11, 1963.
Early Life and Literary Debut
Category
1960s Cubist Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Lithograph
H 13 in W 18.12 in D 0.04 in
"Indianapolis Museum of Art Inaugural Exhibitions", Color Silkscreen, Signed
By Robert Indiana
Located in Detroit, MI
incorporating profound historical and literary references into his works. In 1964 Indiana accepted Philip
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
Garden Flowers
By Charles Demuth
Located in New York, NY
scenes from literary texts. From 1914 to 1919, Demuth produced a series of watercolors of scenes from
Category
20th Century American Modern Vintage Literary Posters
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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Vintage Literary Posters For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of vintage literary posters available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of modern, contemporary or Expressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 51 modern, 6 contemporary, 5 Surrealist, 4 abstract and 1 Expressionist examples available. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the vintage literary posters that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, black and orange. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but Jean Cocteau, Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, Claude Weisbuch, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley and John Baldessari produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, paper and offset print, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.
How Much are Vintage Literary Posters?
Vintage literary posters can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,303, while the lowest priced sells for $98 and the highest can go for as much as $375,000.
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Decorating with fine art prints — whether they’re figurative prints, abstract prints or another variety — has always been a practical way of bringing a space to life as well as bringing works by an artist you love into your home.
Pursued in the 1960s and ’70s, largely by Pop artists drawn to its associations with mass production, advertising, packaging and seriality, as well as those challenging the primacy of the Abstract Expressionist brushstroke, printmaking was embraced in the 1980s by painters and conceptual artists ranging from David Salle and Elizabeth Murray to Adrian Piper and Sherrie Levine.
Printmaking is the transfer of an image from one surface to another. An artist takes a material like stone, metal, wood or wax, carves, incises, draws or otherwise marks it with an image, inks or paints it and then transfers the image to a piece of paper or other material.
Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.
Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.
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