Book Art

This elegant travel poster from the early 1930s was created for the Cunard White Star Line, promoting its cruises to the so-called New World Rivieras—a collection of warm, sunlit des...

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -Pablo Picasso This colorful lithographic poster was designed to promote an exhibition of Pablo Picasso's paintings at the...

This original 1950s poster by legendary French graphic artist Paul Colin announces “La Nuit de Mai à Bobino”—a festive gala evening held on Thursday, May 25th, at the iconic Parisian...

Lithograph for Luigi Emilio Caldanzano’s Art Nouveau advertisement for Lenti Radio-Attive, which marketed “radioactive” eyeglass lenses claim...

Donkey and figures is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in early 20th century. Pencil and china ink on paper Good condition with foxing and stain on margins. The t...

Vintage poster realized in occasion of the Exhibition of Albrecht Durer's Etchings at Galleria Marino, Rome in 1970s. Limited edition of 1000. Very good condition.

This charming design was created in the 1920's by the very talented artist Jean D'Ylen. We see the nobleman hoisting up the oversized mug of Biere Allary to emphasize the rich full t...

Vintage poster realized in occasion of the Exhibition of Albrecht Durer's Etchings at Galleria Marino, Rome in 1970s. Limited edition of 1000. Very good condition.

This 1954 original exhibition poster, printed by the renowned Mourlot Studios, was created for the exhibition Peintres Lithographes: De Manet et Toulouse-Lautrec à Matisse et Picasso...

Not all WWII posters were created by the US Government. This poster, part of a highly popular campaign, was created by Stetson Hats and warned of the dangers of sharing sensitive inf...

Whirlpool at Awa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige in the 19th c...

Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - Maternité Suite of 5 etchings from 1926. Dimensions of work: 22 x 17.5 cm. Publisher: Au Sans Pareil, Paris. Reference: Cramer 5. The work is in Excel...

'Marilyn Relaxes In A Hotel Room' by Ed Feingersh Actress Marilyn Monroe reads the newspaper ‘Motion Picture Daily’ as she relaxes on a couch in her hotel room at the Ambassador Hot...

This lithographic poster was created after Georges Braque, from an original etching published by the Gallery Maeght "The Pitcher and Bird". It was repro...

Etching black and white from Civitates Orbis Terrarum. View of the Old Mexico City, built over the ruins of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán from 1520, and Cusco, ancient capital of th...

Original “Watch Out .. Point the Muzzle in a SAFE Direction” vintage National Rifle Association of America vintage poster. Printed in 1946 on a thick cardboard stock. Excellent ...

Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98 – 1543) was one of the greatest painters of the Northern Renaissance. Born in Augsburg, Germany, he was the son of Hans Holbein the Elder, also a pa...

A Hot Finish is a fun, bold and colorful caricature of the racing scene in the early 1900’s. As the winning horse and his jockey are racing to the finish...

Magnificent poster by Otto Nielson in sumptuous colors, produced in 1950 for SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System). A superb poster on the theme of airlines, designed by Otto Nielsen �...

Shanqi Yan’s 1965 poster L'impérialisme américain doit quitter l'Amérique latine stands as a vivid example of revolutionary art used as a political weapon during the height of the Co...

Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Blackglama, from the Ads Portfolio, 1985 Reference: FS IIB.351 Series: Ads Series, 1985 Medium: Color Screenprint on Lenox Museum Board Image S...

This 1961 original exhibition poster, designed by Georges Braque, was created for the prestigious annual exhibition "Les Peintres Témoins de Leur Temps" at the Musée Galliera in Pari...

This lithographic poster to promote the 24th festival in Avignon, features one of Pablo Picasso's later works. As Picasso developed this series during the late 1960s and into the 1970s, the musketeer...

Beautiful poster by Mario Pezilla for the 1908 International Electrical Exhibition. Energy - Railways - Bouches-du-Rhône Railway P.L.M Fast Trains Robaudy Cannes

The 1983 original exhibition poster for Hommage à Jean Cocteau at the Galerie Lucie Weill is a poignant celebration of one of the most multifaceted and influential artists of the 20t...

Helmets and Shields is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of ...

16 color hand pulled screen print on paper. Hand signed on front by Hebru Brantley. Framed size approx 25.25 x 31.25 inches. PP edition of 3 outside the main edition of 35. Pl...

Verde e Azzurro is a colored lithographed original manifesto on cardboard, realized around 1914 by the Italian artist Enrico Sacchetti. Printed by Officine Ricordi, Milan, this adver...

This 1958 original vintage poster for the Bal du Moulin Rouge is a striking example of mid-century Parisian cabaret advertising. Designed with a bold red, white, and blue color schem...

Artist: Pablo Picasso (after) Mediums: Lithographic Poster, 1954 Dimensions: 25.75 x 39.5 in, 65.4 x 100.3 cm

Beautiful TWA travel poster for flights to Washington, D.C., by 20th-century illustrator Frank Lacano. The poster depicts the silhouette of an airplane flyi...

Mariko Station, a Mad Caricature (Mariko shukuba no kyoga) Color woodcut, 1872 Signed in cartouche lower left corner (see photo) From the series: "53 Stations by Calligraphy and Pain...

Vintage Photo. Dedication of the John Wayne Elementary School. New York

Kabuki is an original artwork realized in 1864 by Utagawa Kunisada II (1823 1880). Scene at night in a snowy forest, the actor Ichikawa Kodanji in the ro...

Vintage signed print. Image size, 24H x 29L.

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 poster...

This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the The Long Room, an awe-inspiring vista into the Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. The vaulted ceiling arches above, while below a warm, golden light fills the room, illuminating bookshelves and cultural artifacts. The room is flanked by white marble busts of philosophers, writers, and great minds who have shaped the intellectual landscape of the Western world, adding a sense of gravitas and continuity to the space, and bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of aged brown wood, leather and gilt. Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunning symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale. Görner's photography celebrates libraries as both shelters and places of escape. This particular photograph is part of his quest to explore the most beautiful and solemn reading rooms around the world. Görner aims to convey how architects play with shadows, light, proportions, and rhythms to create spaces that breathe beauty and silence. Starting from his work with architect Sir Norman Foster in 2005, Görner has meticulously documented libraries' cathedral-like atmospheres across the globe. His photographs seek to convey the impact of architecture on our awareness of life, showcasing spaces that tell stories and refer to a time when aesthetics and spatial awareness were intertwined. Embrace the tranquility and beauty encapsulated in Görner's art and allow it to transport you to the grand arches and timeless serenity of The Long Room, Trinity College Library. Perfect for art collectors, architecture enthusiasts, and advocates of intellectual history, this piece serves as a gateway to explore the spirit of great builders through Görner's distinctive lens. Reinhard Görner The Long Room, Trinity College Library Dublin Ireland 50 x 62.5 inches Contemporary large scale photograph Signed and numbered on label, verso Edition of 10 Collector gets the next number in the edition Reinhard Görner, with his large format photographs orchestrates the monumentality of rooms. An active architecture photographer since 1985, is a master of perspectives and precise spatial compositions, and he thus considers classical sculpture, in all of its possible facets, a special challenge. "Görner’s photographs sometimes open the doors to another world and take the viewer with them on a journey through time. Here the palace is no longer a museum but both royal residence and a site steeped in history. The viewer does not have to share the halls with the masses of visitors; instead the images offer him exclusive impressions of the Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) and the Galerie des Batailles (Hall of Battles) as even the king of France was probably never granted. The halls are empty of people, yet they seem to be able to unfurl their individual characters of their own accord. These places practically breathe history, and this aspect is also part of the essence captured in the photographs. King Wilhelm of Prussia was named German Emperor Wilhelm...

ink & graphite on mulberry paper

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Taira no Koremochi Vanquishing the Demon of Mount Togakushi From Series: “New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts” 「新形三十六怪撰」 「平惟茂戸隠山に悪鬼を退治す図」 C. 1890 Size: Oban Ex...

Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec (French 1864 - 1901) BABYLONE D'ALLEMAGNE Printed in 1894 Lithograph printed in colors, 1894, on linen-backed wove paper, printed by Chaix, Paris, tasteful...

Abstract is an original contemporary artwork realzed by Giorgio Cresciani in 1977. Oil painting on table. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.

David Shrigley See Me As I Really Am, 2024 Woodcut 65 x 50 cm Edition of 100 hand-signed and numbered by the artist published by Shäfer Editions and comes with COA from the publisher...

"Art is a mirage of the conscious and the unconscious." -Jean Cocteau This original lithographic poster by Jean Cocteau was created for an exhibition of works related to his project...

This large-scale architectural photograph by German artist Reinhard Görner depicts the Library Hall at the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz, Germany. Arches open like portals into the interior, bringing public cultural heritage into private space in the rich, glowing tones of brown wood. Reinhard Görner is known for invoking an atmosphere of awe, meditation and contemplation through crisp, richly detailed scenes of grand historical and cultural public narratives. This effect is enhanced through aesthetically striking compositions, which might include stunningly perfect (or interestingly-off) symmetry, portals through a series of doorways, and other careful choices of perspective and scale. Housing about 150,000 volumes, this library is not only the largest in Görlitz, but also the most significant regional library between Dresden and Wrocław. Rich in history, it stands at the crossroads of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic, serving as a beacon for historical research and knowledge transfer in the region. Lit by a warm, timeless glow, the scene leads you through multiple carved archways...

Pianta Di Roma e Dell'Esposizione is an original print realized in 1911 on a drawing by Ludovico Beranger. Black and white etching. The artwork was realized ...

Vintage Piranesi's Exhibition Poster is a vintage offset print realized in 1975 in occasion of the exhibition of etchings by G.B. Piranesi at Galleria...

Lelong's circa 1900 original advertising poster for "La Petite Gironde" is a historical gem that sheds light on the influential role this provincial newspaper played during its time....

Chinese Herbal Book is a Rare book with beautiful oriental herbal wood prints realized in the 19th century. In 29 pages. All titled in Chinese. In go...

Artist: Ben Shahn Medium: Original Lithographic poster, 1968 Dimensions: 28 x 21 in, 71 x 53 cm Arches Paper - Perfect Condition A+ This original lithographic poster by Ben Shahn was created to promote the opening of the Atelier Mourlot...

Le Rêve (The Dream) Color gillotage poster, 1890 Signed in the image lower right corner (see photo) This poster for a ballet at the Académie nationale de musique in Paris is typical ...

Herta Balode, born 2003. in Riga.

"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...

"Landscape" is an original oil painting on canvas (30x42 cm) by Marilina Marchica, a contemporary artist known for her poetic interpretation of places and the aesthetics of the sign....

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A lithograph by Icelandic Pop artist Erro. Like many other noteworthy Pop artists, Erro drew inspiration for his style and subjects from popular media, focusing mostly on comic books...

In the realm of travel ephemera, Antonio Simeoni's circa 1925 original poster promoting the Lago di Garda and Riva through E.N.I.T. (Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo) emerges a...

The original 2001 poster by Ruben Toledo, titled "Louis Vuitton Classic," stands as a testament to the timeless allure of both luxury fashion and automotiv...

Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1974 Dimensions: 30 x 20.5 in, 76.2 x 52.1 cm Classic Poster Paper - Excellent Condition A Created in 1974, this color lithograp...

A lithograph by Icelandic Pop artist Erro. Like many other noteworthy Pop artists, Erro drew inspiration for his style and subjects from popular media, focusing mostly on comic books...