Poster Figurative Prints

Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino...

"Orient Express" is a lithograph poster by Pierre Fix-Masseau. The artist signed his name in the lower right of the image. This piece depicts a fashionable woman smoking in one of the rooms of the Venice Simplon...

"Man With Horn" is an poster after an artwork by Pablo Picasso. It advertises an exhibition of Picasso's works at Marlborough Gallery in New York from Oc...

Condition is excellent. This portfolio is very rare and rarely in this quality of condition. I can send additional images showing the pristine condition of the folio. Free Shipping lower 48 states This is the 1944 “The Cowboy Builds a Loop” portfolio from the fine art estate of Lon Megargee. 
It contains 16 images chosen from his 1933 original book “The Cowboy 
Builds a Loop”, which contains 28 plates and poems. The 1944 portfolio was created as 
an extension of the book which was no longer available. The prints were likely done on a letter set press using the images from the 1933 book and are not the original block prints, which are larger. I don’t know how many of the 1944 portfolios were made, but I don’t feel that they were produced in large numbers as would be done today. The foreword is written by Oren Arnold, novelist, journalist, and humorist, 1900-1980. Paper size is 12 x 8.75 inches, images vary within that size. Portfolio contains 16 prints. Creator of the iconic logo for the Stetson Hat Company, " Last Drop From his Stetson", still in use today. Fine Art Estate of Lon Megargee At age 13, Lon Megargee came to Phoenix in 1896 following the death of his father in Philadelphia. For several years he resided with relatives while working at an uncle’s dairy farm and at odd jobs. He returned to Philadelphia in 1898 – 1899 in order to attend drawing classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Back in Phoenix in 1899, he decided at the age of 16 to try to make his living as a cowboy. Lon moved to the cow country of Wickenburg where he was hired by Tex Singleton’s Bull Ranch. He later joined the Three Bar Ranch . . . and, after a few years, was offered a job by Billy Cook...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec La Passagère du 54 - Promenade en Yacht (The Passenger of 54 – Yacht Ride), 1896 is captivating work featuring a woman lounging unaffectedly in a striped ch...

"Orient-Express" is a lithograph poster by Pierre Fix-Masseau. It depicts two people dining and being served drinks on a luxury train. The artist signed the artwork in the image lower right. There was a small tear on the margin that has been repaired. 38 5/8" x 24 1/4" art 40 1/2" x 26" frame French Poster...

From the "ADS" portfolio. Screen print on lenox museum board Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the PP (Printers Proof) edition of 5 (There is a main edition of Edition of 190, 30 AP, 5 PP, 5 EP, 10 HC, 10 numbered in Roman numerals, 1 BAT, 30 TP). Published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., NY. Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, NY. Frame size approx 43.5 x 43.5 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. Warhol was inspired by Judy Garland’s advertising campaign for Blackglama Fur company and their ubiquitous tagline “What becomes a Legend most?” Many legends of style and pop culture have modeled for the company over the years, including: Diana Ross, Bridget Bardot, Lauren Bacall, Julie Andrews, Ray Charles and Marlene Dietrich. Known for her starring role in the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was described by Fred Astaire as “the greatest entertainer who ever lived.” She also had major roles in movies like Meet Me in St...

Original American Airlines San Francisco vintage travel poster. Artist: Dong Kingman, 1970s linen-backed authentic travel poster, ready to frame. Grade A- condition. Size 20...

Gemini is a screen print on grey paper realized by Sergio Barletta. In good conditions except for fairly consumed edges. The artwork represents the zodiac sign of scorpio through...

Original Bouffes-Parisiens “Tetes de Rechange” ('Replacement Heads') linen-backed French lithograph vintage poster. Signed on the plate. It is in very good condition and ready to ...

Keith Haring at Area Nightclub, New York, 1986: Rare vintage 1986 announcement for a Splash Magazine event at the historic 1980s New York Area nightclub...

Original Vintage Airline Poster commissioned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation promoting its service to the British Territory in the Atlantic ...

Chagall (after), Marc. MARC CHAGALL GRAND PALAIS (THE MAGICIAN OF PARIS). Sorlier 120. Poster, 1970. Lithographic reproduction by CHarles Sorlier after a ...

This double-sided lithograph by Paolo Garretto features a Vanity Fair cover "The Face Off" on the front and a Camel Cigarette ad on the back. It was pu...

Original South Pacific (Tahiti) on Matson cruise ships archival linen-backed vintage travel poster. The title of the artwork reads: Tahiti. The Matson line ships going there are...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 9.75 x 12.5 inches; image size: 8.27 x 10.63 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 9.05 x 6.3 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered...

Szpieg Szoguna - Vintage Poster is an original offset print realized in 1973. Signed on the plate Good conditions.

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 10.63 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 11.42 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 11.02 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 11.42 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 11.42 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumber...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 12.2 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issue...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 12.2 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issue...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Filigrané a sa marque paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches; image size: 12.2 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issue...

Grzeszna Natura with Monica Vitti is a vintage offset and lithograph on paper realized by Lech Majewski in 1974. Good condition and aged. Print: Lech Majewski

Ryan McGinness “Women: The Blacklight Paintings": Hand signed exhibition poster created by the artist for The Standard Hotel, 2010. Screen-print with b...

Original Vintage Poster: "Come to Puerto Rico, U.S.A. - All-Year Playground of the Caribbean." This serigraph is archivally linen-backed and ready for framing. It is in B+ condition,...

Harper's March (Plate 20) is an 1886 lithograph of Edward Penfield's poster, printed at Imprimerie Chaix by Jules Chéret and included in the famed collection of Belle Époque posters...

A travers.Portfolio with 14 silkscreens. Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 200 ex. Signed, dated and numbered. Free shipment worldwide. “I paint because painting is a private Utopia,” Erró writes of his art. The landscapes in Erró’s work are a constantly changing kaleidoscope of images, multivalent and mysterious, not infrequently controversial, bursting with life – and titillating, too! There is room in his pictures for both paradise and visions of fear. Erró is the alias of Gudmundur Gudmundsson, born on 19 July 1932 in Olafsvik, in north-western Iceland. Since Gudmundur first became enthralled by pictures of works of art in a catalogue from the Museum of Modern Art in New York at the tender age of ten, painting has been his passion and his mission in life. He was accepted into art school in Reykjavik as a 19-year old, subsequently complementing what he had learned there with further studies in Oslo. Erró travelled extensively in Spain, Italy, France and Germany in the 1950s, studying at the Florence Academy of Art in 1954 and at the School of Byzantine Mosaic Art in Ravenna in 1955. It was around this time that he began to exhibit his works, first and foremost in Paris, where he chose to make his home in 1958. During the 1960s he established contact with the Swedish museum director Pontus Hultén, who encouraged him and took him under his wing. Over the years Erró has taken part in hundreds of exhibitions and today his works are on show in museums all over the world, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Erró’s pictorial world is peopled by comic-strip characters and autocratic despots alike. Donald Duck with his Daisy, Chip & Dale, and other Walt Disney creations are unselfconsciously juxtaposed with Greek gods and madonnas. Elsewhere the German dictator Adolf Hitler stands shoulder to shoulder with his Iraqi counterpart Saddam Hussein...

This original exhibition poster was created for the landmark Larry Rivers retrospective held in 1981 at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hanover, one of Germany’s leading institutions for...

"Valerio Adami (Italy, 1935) 'Moments musicaux de six a huit', 1976 Original poster from 1976 lithograph on paper 26 x 18.2 in. (66 x 46 cm.) Unframed Ref: ADA100-202 Valerio Adami ...

Osmar Schindler, (German 1867-1927), Internationale Kunst Ausstellung, Dresden, 1897 Lithograph, signed (in the plate) (middle right), 96cm x 75cm (100...

"Le Schpountz" original 1952 movie poster by artist Albert Dubout. Created for 1952 revival by the French Société Nouvelle des Films of the 1938 movie, "...

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Original poster: QUAND LE RIRE ETAIT ROI. ( When Laughter Was King.) Artist: Boris Grinsson. French smaller format vintage movie comedy printed in 1960. Archival linen backed ...

Josef Muller-Brockmann, Volg, Traubensaft Naturrein, Zuverlässigkeit. 1957 Offset. Rare. Josef Müller-Brockmann was one of the leading pioneers of the ...

Beautifully framed "Fap' Anis" original vintage lithograph poster by Delval. Modéle Déposé Reproduction Interdite printed on front lower lef...

Colin, Paul. Theatre Pigalle/La Chauve Souris. 1934. Color lithograph. On Linen. Paul Colin worked for Josephine Baker. Made famous in 1925 by his poster for the Revue Negre.The ...

Original poster for "Das Sofortbild", an exhibition about the discovery of photography as an artistic medium. The show took place at Frankfurter Kunstverein in 1980.

Cirage Jacquot et Cie is an 1886 chromolithograph of Lucien Lefèvre's delightful poster, printed at Imprimerie Chaix under the direction Ernest Maindron...

Alexander Calder Lithographic cover from Derrière le miroir c. 1966: Lithographic cover; 15 x 11 inches (folding out to 15 x 22inches; see image 2). Very good overall vintage condit...

Original Tous Boivent de la Bière Mosellane 1950 French vintage beer poster. Archival linen-backed in Grade A condition, ready to frame. There is no damage and no restoration to this...

Signed, dated, numbered in pencil with artist's fingerprint in verso Edition 80 of 100 Screenprint in colors on wove paper

Original limited edition poster for Mozart '91, Salzburg. Published by Marlborough Gallery, New York. Lithograph printed on Arches paper with deckled edges. This original lithograph...

The gallery is opening its private collection of art nouveau and art deco paintings, lithographs and antiques for the first time in more than twenty years. Presenting an original li...

Moshe Gat, Israeli (1935 - ) - People in Israel, Year: 1975, Medium: Poster, signed and dedicated in pencil, Edition: Dedicated to Dr and Mrs. George Heller, Size: 30 x 21.25 i...

DuFrene, Maurice. Rayon des Soierie Ref: Opera, 17; Publisher: Imp. Chaix, Pairs. Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876. He studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, and to...

Original, smaller format size, NANTUA SON LAC. Archival linen-backed original lithograph, excellent condition, ready to ship or frame. Grade A. This poster promotes mini-golf, v...

"Men Who Are Men" is a pseudo-documentary written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer and Kirby Dick. The film was showcased at the Bleecker Street Cinema, a renowned venue in New York Ci...

"Jimi Hendrix Mugshot" Print 39 x 36 inch Ed. of 75 by Gerard Marti Giclee print on paper Not Stretched. Ships rolled in tube. Signed and numbered by the artist. On May 3, 1969,...

IIIII Will Always Love You By The Connor Brother The Connor Brothers are a British artistic duo, originally known for presenting themselves as fictional American twins raised in a ...

Betsy, [Girl in Cowboy Boots and Hat]. Color lithograph. On Linen. Excellent composer Pascal Bastia is also a talented writer who wrote most of the lyrics and librettos of his operettas . Author -songwriter, has been interpreted by the greatest : Jean Sablon, Josephine Baker, Luc Barney ... He is also the author of music and film scripts...

"Rayon des Soieries, Opera Bouffe en un Acte" is an original color lithograph poster by Maurice Dufrene. The artist's name is written lower right. This piece depicts an Art Deco repr...

Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...

Artist: Marc Chagall (after) Medium: Original lithograph Title: The Artist As A Phoenix Year: 1972 Edition: 5,000 Sheet Size: 31" x 20" Reference: Chagall's Posters, pg. 58 Signed: U...

Artist: Marc Chagall (after) Medium: Original lithograph Title: The Yellow Background Year: 1964 Edition: 3,000 Sheet Size: 30 1/2" x 22 1/2" Reference: Chagall's Posters, pg. 56 Sig...