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Welcome to Nowhere Mining Town Movie Stage Theater Prop Advertising Sign
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Large wooden town sign Welcome to Nowhere, has a coal miner on it holding a pick ax wearing a
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1950s American Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Wood

Barron Theater, Pratt, KS by Peter Brown, 1989, Archival Pigment Print
By Peter Brown
Located in Dallas, TX
the Barron theater along a street. The movie theater's sign promotes a bargain show and the premiere
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20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Art Deco Movie Theater Marquee - Color Field Painting Meet Photography, Abstract
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
A marquee for an Art Deco Movie theater in Denton, Texas is photographed with meticulous precision
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1980s Color-Field Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Movie Theater Street Scene Painting by Helen L. Roberts, 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Street scene painting of figures outside of a theater, signed Helen L. Roberts. Framed oil on
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20th Century American Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Canvas

Prairie Drive-In Theater, Dumas, Texas; July, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Prairie Drive-in theater, Dumas, Texas, January 9, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Circle Drive-in theater, Waco, Texas; January 7, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Drive-in theater, Van Horn, Texas;January 2, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Star-Vu Drive-in theater, Longmont, Colorado; July, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

War and Peace Movie - Manuscript by Gianna Manzini - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
War and Peace Movie - Manuscript is an Autograph Letter Signed by Gianna Manzini to Maria De
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1950s Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Ink

Ft. Union Drive-In Theater, Las Vegas, New Mexico; July 12, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Key Sketch for 60 Foot Movie Announcement on “Safety First"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Key Sketch for 60 Foot Movie Announcement on “Safety First,” 1948, oil on canvas, signed and dated
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1940s Abstract Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1998 Hawaii International Film Festival Movie Poster on Large Scale Rustic Wood
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Hawaii International Film Festival movie poster on a large-scale Rustic wood
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1990s American Rustic Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Wood, Paper

"Laurel and Hardy" Iconic Comedians Hollywood Royalty Comedy Movie Stars 135/150
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
sign that the theater world welcomed him as one of their own. His work also appeared in other
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1970s Performance Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Poster of the French Movie Small Change L Argent de Poche Francois Truffaut 1976
Located in North Hollywood, CA
showing his friends how to chat up girls, a double date at a movie theater, a child telling a dirty joke
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Late 20th Century French French Provincial Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper

Tommy Tune Original Signed Vintage Jack Mitchell Photograph 1974
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell signed vintage mid-20th Century photograph of Broadway and Movie star Tommy Tune
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1970s Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Chanson d'Amour, " Original Lithograph Poster signed by Georges Dola
By Georges Dola
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chanson d'Amour" is an original lithograph poster by Georges Dola. The artist signed the image on
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1930s Other Art Style Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Lithograph

Sign on I-40 West of Tucumcari, New Mexico, July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Bel Shore Motel sign, Highway 80, Deming, New Mexico; December, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Poet Allen Ginsberg Howl Photo
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Allen Ginsberg reading Howl and other poems at Living Theater in 1959. signed in ink and with
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Washington Square Park Architecture Photo NYC
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
frolicking with women at a New Year’s bash in 1958, Andy Warhol adjusting a movie-camera lens in his silver
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1950s American Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"NAVAJO LATE CLASSIC CHIEF BLANKET C.1900" JACK SILVERMAN SIGNED SERIGRAPH 1977
Located in Soquel, CA
JACK SILVERMAN SIGNED SERIGRAPH, "NAVAJO LATE CLASSIC CHIEF BLANKET C.1900" Historical image of an
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1960s American Realist Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Letters Signed by Etienne Drian the Countess Pecci Blunt - 1928 to 1960
By Etienne Drian
Located in Roma, IT
Collect these 3 Autograph Letters Signed by Etienne Drian the Countess Pecci Blunt, written in
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20th Century Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper

Looney Tunes Box Office Bunny Original Production Cel: Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
Located in Los Angeles, CA
massive hundred-screen multiplex movie theater called Cineminium is constructed right above Bugs' rabbit
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Paint

Keith Haring Resist in Concert! 1988
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Tamiment Library at New York University. On the Palladium Palladium was built as a deluxe movie theater by
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Large Suong Yangchareon Thai American Photorealist LA California Street Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
childhood at his father’s movie theater where he became fascinated with the world of American Westerns. The
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20th Century Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage Surrrealist Poster of Soviet Film by Nikita Mijalkov Cuba Reboiro 1979
Located in Miami, FL
theater, Platónov by Antón Chéjov (1860-1904). The comedy-drama period film shows the decadence of
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1970s Cuban Mid-Century Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper

The Great Success of Italian Cinema - De Laurentiis Group - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
. Composed of 7 items, concerning the success of "Guerra e Pace" movie after the Hollywood screening. Written
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1950s Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Ink

Crowd Entering Churchill Downs For the Kentucky Derby
By John Potter Wheat
Located in Milford, NH
historical events for movie theaters and other venues. He was also the official combat artist in Vietnam for
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Oil, Board

Warhol Basquiat Boxing Poster (Basquiat Warhol boxing The Palladium)
By Michael Halsband
Located in NEW YORK, NY
for Two." On the Palladium: Palladium was built as a deluxe movie theater by move mogul William Fox
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Judy Dater Self - Portrait with Stone Badlands South Dakota - Photograph 1981
Located in Soquel, CA
amplified by the hours she spent in her father’s movie theater. This early exposure to the realm of the
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1980s Realist Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Mikhail Baryshnikov Autographed Mid-20th Century Numbered Serigraph by Ivan Luz
Located in Glenford, NY
boldly signed by Mikhail Baryshnikov. An excellent example of the popular contemporary graphic and poster
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1970s Pop Art Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Ink, Screen

Blue Swallow Motel, Hwy.66, Tucumcari, New Mexico; July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Motel, Raton, New Mexico; 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sandia Motel, Highway 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico; August, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Radio Tower near Sudan, Texas; October 18, 2010
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Radio Tower on the Llano Estacado near Umbarger, Texas; March 11, 2005
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Texan Motel, Highway 64, Raton, New Mexico; December 19, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

On the Tucson to Nogales highway, Greyhound Motel, Tucson, Arizona; December 30,
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grandview Motel, Raton, New Mexico; December 18, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Siesta Motel, Highway 66, Moriarty, New Mexico, March 29, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Radio Tower between Trujillo & Las Vegas, New Mexico, September 9, 2006
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

El Kapp Motel, Highway 64, Raton, New Mexico; December 19, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Abandoned Truck Stop, Winnemucca, Nevada; June 19, 1984
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Grandview Motel, Albuquerque, New Mexico; 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Oassis Court, Benson, Arizona; December 3, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dinosaur, Colorado; March 16, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Arrow Motel, Highway 84, Espanola, New Mexico, March 23, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lillian Redman, Blue Swallow Motel, Rt. 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico; July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Highway 66, Chambliss, California, February, 1986
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jaguar with a rattlesnake tail petroglyph, Three Rivers, New Mexico; January 10,
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Utah and Colorado state line, Highway 50; October 16, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

It'll Do Motel, Highway 66, Grants, New Mexico, January 11, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

AA Motel, Holdrege, Nebraska, May 22, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Landscape
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet
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1940s American Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abandoned Truck Stop, Highway I-80, Winnemucca, Nevada; 1970
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
western roadside landscape including topologies of neon motel signs, drive-in movie theaters, radio towers
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Archival Pigment

Petite Fille de Fleur - Mid Century Parisian Flower Girl Figurative
By Roger Etienne
Located in Soquel, CA
Paris by Roger Etienne (French, 1923-2011). Signed and dated lower left, "Etienne Paris 1969". Presented
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1960s Impressionist Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Newsprint

WATTS TOWER
By Gloria Stuart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GLORIA STUART (1910 – 2010) WATTS TOWERS, 1971 Oil on canvas, signed lower right, 24” x 50
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1970s American Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Oil

"King & I" Orig 1951 Broadway Drawing Published NYT Tony Awards Mid 20th Century
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
including in 1984 a special Tony Award, which was a sign that the theater world welcomed him as one of their
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1950s Performance Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Ink, Board

"Reclining Figure" Walt Kuhn, Figurative Nude Line Drawing, American Modernism
By Walt Kuhn
Located in New York, NY
Walt Kuhn Reclining Figure, 1935 Signed and dated lower left Pen on paper Sight 11 x 15 inches
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1930s Modern Vintage Movie Theater Signs

Materials

Paper, Pen

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Vintage Movie Theater Signs For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage movie theater signs for sale on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the contemporary, modern and abstract styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the vintage movie theater signs on 1stDibs that include elements of black, gray, beige, white and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Steve Fitch, Fernando Natalici, Witold Gordon, Albert Al Hirschfeld and after Jean-Michel Basquiat are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in archival pigment print, pigment print and paint — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Vintage Movie Theater Signs?

Vintage movie theater signs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,000, while the lowest priced sells for $269 and the highest can go for as much as $80,000.