Charles Martin

Illustrations from the book 'L'art de boire'

Le Reve (The dream) An original theatre poster designed by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen for Le Reve at the Academie Nationale de Musique 96 x 76cm. (incl. frame) New white wood fram...

A funky urban image from 1971 depicting some of the nuances of New York seedy underbelly. This original lithograph is number 73 of and edition of 75 from the 1971 'Fun City' suite. Originally there were 12 different artworks in this series by Richard Lindner of which this is the title piece. Signed in pencil 'R Lindner...

Currier & Ives Newport Beach Hand-colored lithograph Sheet 10 x 13 1/4 inches After undertaking apprenticeships in Boston and Philadelphia, Currier set up a print publishing compan...

This rare original lithograph print is from 1899. It is one sheet of a huge 24 sheet poster that was created in 1899 to announce Buffalo Bills Wild West. The size of the complete 24 sheet poster would have been approx. 10 feet tall by 20 feet wide and would have been posted on barns and buildings in 1899 to promote Buffalo Bills Wild West before it would come to towns. This 1 sheet of the 24 sheet lithograph is in such good condition because it was found in the Lithographers draws of the print shop that created the poster. It is black and white because it was a proof that was used to create the final layout of the color poster. It indicates on the image that it is No. 2 Buffalo Bill San Juan Hill 1899, so it would have been the 2nd poster down on the left side of the large total image comprised of 24 separate sheets all unique to create the full image. You can see the two black printed lines on the left side indicate where the edge of the poster would have been. We have never seen a complete image of this rare 1899 poster. When we first acquired this rare proof over 20 years ago, we contacted the The Ringling Museum in Florida that houses a large Buffalo Bill poster...