Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Unknown
San Francisco's New Shanghai Cafe - 1920's Vintage Advertisement Poster

1923

$595
£456.93
€523.64
CA$837.61
A$938.31
CHF 488.04
MX$11,445.47
NOK 6,213.38
SEK 5,858.78
DKK 3,908.31

About the Item

Wonderful mixed media placard with Chinese woodblock prints from San Francisco's legendary 1920s Chinese-American restaurant and nightclub The New Shanghai Cafe, by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The New Shanghai Cafe was one of the many storied and notorious Chinese-American nightclubs that was previously known as Shanghai Low which opened in 1913 and expanded several times until its popularity necessitated the building of New Shanghai Cafe with room for a high-class dance orchestra. Presented in rustic bamboo gilt toned frame under glass. Image size 21"H x 23"W.
  • Creation Year:
    1923
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.75 in (57.79 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 0.75 in (1.91 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Fair: some water damage upper right corner to edge to crepe paper.
  • Gallery Location:
    Soquel, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: JT-D52681stDibs: LU5423411301

More From This Seller

View All
Mid Century Figurative Seascape, Shanghai Floating Market
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century figurative landscape of two small boats on blue-green water with three figures in a bustling harbor, by C.C. Chan (20th Century). One of the small boats its being used to sell red fruits, as the vendor weighs them for the customer who is shopping by boat, like in the floating...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

China Town San Francisco 1896 - Watercolor on Paper
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
China Town San Francisco 1896 - Watercolor on Paper A vintage watercolor by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Presented in a rustic giltwood frame. Signed "T. Langguth" lower right. Watercolor circa 1920-30. Image: 12.5"H x 8.5"W. Painted from the photograph by Arnold Genthe...
Category

1910s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Vintage San Francisco Graffiti Art -- "Hop Hop Hop"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully bright and psychedelic vintage graffiti-spray-can art by unknown artist, circa 1970s harkens to Haight Ashbury, San Francisco scene. Black l...
Category

1970s Street Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Metal

General Merch Way Down in Chinatown - Vintage Illustration in Ink
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
General Merch Way Down in Chinatown - Vintage Illustration in Ink This illustration, inked in intricate detail by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows two men with long brai...
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

"Commentariorem", Contemporary Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstract expressionist collage/ painting by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Beige and black are layered with found objects like vintage stamps and paper ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Found Objects

3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph Three panel hand colored woodcut lithograph from Nanso Satomi hakkenden, Tale of the Eight Dogs...
Category

Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

You May Also Like

Vintage Chinese New York Cigarettes Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This 1930s advertisement poster from Shanghai melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Larg...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Vintage Chinese Republic Period Advertisement
Located in Chicago, IL
Mixing Western and traditional pictorial styles, this vintage ad depicts a young family on a garden stroll. A cheongsam-clad woman nods to tradition in contrast to her Western-garbed...
Category

1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Vintage Chinese Deco Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This commercial advertisement poster from 1930s Shanghai melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Large companies often presented posters such as this to their clients to commemorate the Chinese New Year. This poster depicts a young woman luxuriously...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage Chinese Lithograph Advertisement Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
This commercial advertisement poster from 1930s Shanghai melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Large companies often presented posters such as this to their clients to commemorate the Chinese New Year. This poster depicts a young woman luxuriously...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Vintage Chinese New York Cigarettes Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This commercial advertisement poster from 1930s Shanghai melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. Large companies often presen...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

Vintage Chinese Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster from the 1930s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography—and a side of risque. The poster features a young woman dressed in a fur-trimmed coat with Western accessories...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink