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Art Subject: Book
Original Vintage David Klein TWA London Big Ben Poster C1960 Small Format - Rare
Located in Boca Raton, FL
TWA (Trans World Airlines) was formed in 1924 as Transcontinental & Western Air. The airline's first route was New York to Los Angeles, soon followed by multiple National routes. The...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Orangerie Museum - Vintage Poster - Offset Print - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Orangerie Museum - Manifesto is an original vintage poster print. The artwork represents the poster of Orangerie Museum on the occasion of the Exhibitions of American Collections fr...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Nude - Lithograph by Andrè Derain - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a modern artwork realized by Andrè Derain in Early 20th century. Lithograph on simili-Japan paper. Realized for "Les Travaux et les Jeux" by Vincent Muselli. Published by J...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nude of Woman - Original Lithograph by Osvaldo Peruzzi - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original artwork realized by Osvaldo Peruzzi in 1988. Mixed colored lithograph. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Num...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Gemini - Original Woodcut Print by P. C. Antinori - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Zodiac Signs - Gemini is original Black and white woodcut print, realized by Italian artist Piero C. Antinori. Excellent condition. Written on the lower left; Original woodcut prin...
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20th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

1937 original Chemins de Fer de l'État poster by Hermine David - Bretagne
Located in PARIS, FR
The original Chemins de Fer de l'État poster by Hermine David in 1937, entitled "Le Réseau de la Mer Bretagne", is a true masterpiece of French advertising art. Hermine David, a tale...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

10 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures, Surrealist Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) Title: 10 AM from L'Arc Obscur des Heures Year: 1975 Medium: Aquatint Etching, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 125 Image Size: 19....
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

La Tentation de Saint Antoine, Lithographs by O. Redon - 1896
Located in Roma, IT
La Tentation de Saint-Antoine is a complete set of 24 original lithographs realized by Odilon Redon and published by Ambrose Vollard in 1896, This is the...
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1890s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Prisoners - Original Woodcut by A. H. Laboureur - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Prisoners is an Original Woodcut print realized by A. H. Laboureur. The artwork on a green paper is in good condition, glued on a page of magazine. No signature. Titled on the uppe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Western - Vintage Poster - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Western Film Poster is an original manifesto realized by an artist of the 20th century in 1973. Good condition apart for a small tear on the righ...
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1970s Figurative Prints

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Paper

Autre émotion maritime - Lithograph by H. Daumier - 1852
Located in Roma, IT
Autre émotion maritime is a b/w lithograph (n.14) from the satirical print series “Les Trains de Plaisir”, composed of caricatures “de mœurs” (of behaviours), realized by Honoré Daum...
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1850s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original French Travel Poster Air France Europe by Maurus
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an early original stone lithograph poster created by the noted artist Maurus, for Air France. In In this image he shows vignettes of various destinations that Air France flie...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Schnackenberg-Ausstellung 1914""
Located in Chicago, IL
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 o...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original poster of Chu Ling printed in 1991 entitled Gatto Seduto
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster of Chu Ling printed in 1991 entitled Gatto Seduto ( Crouching Cat ). This poster printed in serigraphy is edited by Silvio Zamorani in ...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Screen

Cinderella by Dudley Hardy, Art Nouveau theater lithograph poster, 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Nouveau Cinderella theater poster by Dudley Hardy, published in 1897 by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris, the printing house known for publishing the works of Belle Epoque master Jules Ch...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Mele - Original Advertising Lithograph by Marcello Dudovich - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions. 26x18.2 cm. Mele is a precious color lithograph printed by G. Ricordi and C. Milano, Milan, between 1895 and 1914. An advertising poster of the famous Italian tai...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Ancient Roman Frescoes - Original Etching by Niccolò Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Frescoes, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Nicolò Vanni in the 18th century. Signed on the plate...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1964 original poster by Ellsworth Kelly for an exhibition at the Maeght Gallery
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster made by Ellsworth Kelly in original Lithography, for his exhibition at the Maeght Gallery in 1964. Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor and printmaker as...
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1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Paphy - Original Woodcut Print - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Paphy is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the Mid-19th Century. Original B/W woodcut print on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the Upper margin in Capital Letters: Paph...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Landscape Prints

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Woodcut

Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 6, Etching by Marc Chagall
Located in Long Island City, NY
Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 6, Year: 1948, Medium: Etching on Arches, Image Size: 9.25 x 7.25 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), P...
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1940s Modern Prints and Multiples

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Etching

1930 originale poster "Lys Chantilly - Chemin de fer du Nord" Art Déco - Railway
Located in PARIS, FR
The iconic 1930 poster, "Lys Chantilly - Chemin de fer du Nord," is a testament to the genius of its creator, Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, one of the most influential poster artists of ...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Espai Poblenou /Barcelona
By Jan Dibbets
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Original vintage exhibition poster On the occasion of the exhibition in February/May 1990 In great condition, minimal storage traces
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Color

The Hunting - Lithograph after L.T. Foujita - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 20 x 15.2 cm. After Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita Lithographic reproduction in colors, from the set of sixteen illustrations from Propos d’un intoxiqué, by Jules Boiss...
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1920s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Incurable Romantic Seeks Dirty Filthy Whore
Located in Bristol, GB
Screen print in colours on wove paper Edition of 50 59.5 x 41.8 cm (23.4 x 16.5 in) Signed, numbered and dated on the front Mint Published by White Cube Images of edition numbering ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Screen

Variable Memory - Original Offset Print by Aldo Tagliafferro - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Variable Memory is original offset print realized by Italian artist Aldo Tagliafferro in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right.
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1970s Figurative Prints

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Offset

Ex Libris Aira Konu - Original Woodcut Print - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris Aira Konu is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. On the upper side in inscripted in capital ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

La Sera - Original Vintage Advertising Lithographby L. Metlicovitz - 1900 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 15.3x26.5 cm. La Sera is an amazing colored lithograph on cardboard, realized by the Italian artist and one of the fathers of the modern Italian poster art, Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Trieste, 1868 - Ponte Lambro, 1944) and printed around 1900 by G. Ricordi and C. Milano, Milan. Monogrammed on plate on the right margin at the center. A fashionable vintage Art Nouveau advertising poster of the Italian magazine "La Sera" in excellent condition except for two abrasions of the paper on the lower corners of the sheet and a minor rip on the higher left margin. These defetcs do not affect the image. This Modern original poster shows the Metlicovitz's full mastery of the artistic medium, has the dignity of an object of art to collect and could be a colorful piece for your sophisticated home furniture. Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Trieste, 1868 - Ponte Lambro, 1944) The Italian painter, illustrator, theatrical and advertising scenographer is considered one of the precursors of Futurism and, together with Leonetto Cappiello, Adolf Hohenstein, Giovanni Maria Mataloni and Marcello Dudovich, one of the fathers of modern Italian poster art. He began his artistic career at the age of fourteen working as an apprentice in a typography in Udine, where he learned the technique of lithography. Here he is noticed by Giulio Ricordi, owner of the namesake Officine Grafiche, who invites him to Milan to work as a lithographer. In 1892, after collaborating with Tensi, a photographic product company, he returned to Ricordi as technical director. At the same time, he entered the theatrical environment and began his career as a set designer and costume designer at La Scala. The Mele di Napoli tailoring company entrusted him with the task of advertising his clothes and in 1906, on the occasion of the great Universal Exposition in Milan, he won the competition for the fair poster, establishing himself also as a poster artist and then collaborating with several magazines as an illustrator. For Ricordi he takes care of the illustrations of calendars, opera librettos, postcards. Other famous images created by him are those for the poster of the film Cabiria, a blockbuster of the silent film scripted by Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the trademark that is still used today by the Brothers Branca Distilleries, producers of Fernet Branca...
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Early 1900s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1905 Original poster for the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest Brittany Normandy London
Located in PARIS, FR
Robert Boullier's 1905 poster for the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest invites travelers on a captivating journey. This vintage masterpiece beckons explorers to d...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Les Femmes d'Alger - L'Héritage De Delacroix (after) Pablo Picasso, 1964
Located in New York, NY
This magnificent lithographic poster was created for an exhibition of Picasso paintings at the Knoedler gallery in Paris in 1964. The specific painting chosen and reproduced by Mourl...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Falck's 1939 original poster for the Musée de l'Homme at the Palais de Chaillot
Located in PARIS, FR
Roger Falck's 1939 original poster for the Musée de l'Homme at the Palais de Chaillot and the Nouvelle Salle d'Amérique is a captivating piece of art and historical documentation. Th...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

An original poster realized by Fonteneau to promote the Alcazar - Cabaret - Show
Located in PARIS, FR
An original poster realized by J.M Fonteneau to promote the Alcazar, a restaurant located at number 62 of the street Mazarine in the 6th district in Paris. This place was occupied i...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Peintres d'aujourd'hui, Musée de Grenoble after Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Pablo Picasso Medium: Lithographic Posters, 1959 Dimensions: 29 x 19.50 in, 73.7 x 49.5 cm Our mission for over 170 years, the name Mourlot has been associated with import...
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original poster of Roberto Matta - May 68 : Disciples occupy the discipline
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster of Roberto Matta created in May 68, with the slogan: Disciples occupy the discipline. For a revolutionary discipline. Born on November 11, ...
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1960s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Ferdinand Bauer 'Illustrations of the Flora of New Holland' 1990
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 30 x 20 inches ( 76.2 x 50.8 cm ) Image Size: 15.5 x 10 inches ( 39.37 x 25.4 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age Supplem...
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1990s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Die Enormous - Jay-Z (framed hand signed screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on 300gsm paper. Hand signed lower right by Mark Drew. Hand numbered 134/200 lower left. Sheet size 16.5 x 11.6 inches. Frame size 18 x 13 inches. Artwork...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen, Paper

A Merry Christmas original wood engraving by Thomas Nast 1880
Located in Paonia, CO
Thomas Nast is one of America’s great illustrators and is responsible for creating the image of Santa Claus as we know him today. This is a hand-colored wood engraving from the cover...
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1880s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Brasserie Schneider by Quendray - Original Vintage Beverage Poster c1900
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Brasserie Schneider was a company based in Brive, France that specialized in sodas and beer. Albert Quendray created this image of a well-to-do group of companions enjoying afternoon...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Musée des Arts Decoratifs by Fernand Leger, 1956
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Fernand Leger Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1956 Dimensions: 30 x 20 in, 76.2 x 50.8 cm
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

David Lance Goines 'America' 1978- Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Enhance your art collection with this page from The David Lance Goines Poster Book, published in 1978. This page features a striking design by David Lanc...
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1970s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

The Bohemians
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Callot (1592-1635), The Bohemians, the set of four etchings touched with burin, 1621. Reference: Lieure 374 (second state of four); Lieure 375-77 (second state of two). In ve...
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1620s Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

Original Cachou Lajaunie Vintage Art Nouveau Poster 1905 by Francisco Tamagno
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Cachou Lajaunie is French advertisement from 1905 by the artist, Francisco Tamangno. Cachou Lajaunie is a licorice candy whose strong flavor was designed to disguise the smoker's breath. Tamangno's composition places the Victorian woman in the center. She holds the small tin...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Studio
Located in London, GB
A hand painted three dimensional, Reverspective print, inspired by his own popart & books laid out in the studio. Produced in 2023. This print comes housed in a bespoke perspex displ...
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2010s Contemporary Interior Prints

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Archival Pigment

I miss my rainy days - 3D design
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Hand-finished, unique 3D constructed screen print on thick, fine art paper 2020 Hand signed and numbered, verso Edition: 50 In great condition El Bocho's work can be found on the str...
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21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Color

1942 Original poster of Vandor for the singer Jean Lumière
Located in PARIS, FR
Original poster of Vandor for the singer Jean Lumière. His real name was Jean Anezin and he was born into a family of music-loving merchants. He won first ...
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1940s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Galerie Bernheim Jeune (after) Henri Matisse, 1958
Located in New York, NY
rtist: Henri Matisse Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1958 Dimensions: 25.5 x 18.25 in, 64.8 x 46.4 cm Classic Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A
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1950s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

1969 Psychedelic poster for Creedence Clearwater Revival , Jethro tull & Sanpaku
Located in PARIS, FR
This sublime psychedelic poster was made for a concert of Creedence Clearwater Revival , Jethro tull & Sanpaku. Rock concert posters are one of the...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Circa 1925 Original art deco poster by Felix Fournery - Cycles de Dion Bouton
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful art deco poster by Felix Fournery ( 1865 - 1938 ) featuring an elegant woman with her De Dion-Bouton bicycle. Felix Fournery, fashion illustrator, pa...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Galerie Louise Leiris (The Painter & His Model) Poster /// Pablo Picasso Nude
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Title: "Galerie Louise Leiris (The Painter & His Model)" Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limit...
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1970s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Circa 1930 Simon's original travel poster for "Les Vosges Sports d'Hiver"
Located in PARIS, FR
Simon's original travel poster for "Les Vosges Sports d'Hiver" encapsulates the timeless appeal of winter adventures in the Vosges Mountains, conveniently located within a short jour...
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1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 mandala lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern. The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned. The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Dalí­, "Le Creuset philosophal" from Alchimie des Philosophes, mixed media
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Salvador Dalí­ "Le Creuset philosophal" from Alchimie des Philosophes Mixed media, from original gouache by Dalí­, printed with lithography, etching and sil...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Lithograph

Ôkubo Hikozaemon Protects the Hidden Shogun Triptych
Located in Burbank, CA
“War Chronicles of Osaka” (Osaka gunki no uchi). Okubo Hikozaemon, raising his sword, protects the hidden Tokugawa shogun from the spear of Gorô Matabei Mototsugu in a moonlit fores...
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1880s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

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Mulberry Paper, Woodcut

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Anne Lemans"
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Odeon-Casino"
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Les Affiches De Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
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...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Images - Musée d'Antibes by Jacques Prevert, 1963
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful lithographic and photographic poster was created as a mixed media to promote an exhibition of Jacques Prévert's surrealist and symbolist...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Detroit Institute of Arts (Two People - The Lonely Ones) Poster /// Edvard Munch
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944) Title: "Detroit Institute of Arts (Two People - The Lonely Ones)" Year: 1972 Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster on sm...
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Screen

Orient Cycles by Edward Penfield, Bicycle motorcycle lithograph, 1897
Located in Chicago, IL
The Waltham Manufacturing Company was co-founded in 1893 in New York by Charles Metz and three business partners. The company's designer, Metz, called his cycles “Orient racing bicycles,” named after the Orient Fire Insurance...
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1890s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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