Original Exhibition Poster of Picasso, Germany, 1965
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Original exhibition poster of Picasso, Framed, Edition of 2000, Printed by Schwenk-Wilk, Francfort, 1965, Germany, 1965. Measures: 58 x 84 cm. Bibliography: N°223, "Les Affiches de...
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"Who done it?" Spanish Film Poster, 1944
By Gráficas Vior
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Who done it?", Original Spanish Film Poster, 1944 Original Spanish cinema poster of the film "Who done it?" in Spain called "Crimen a Medianoche". Comedy-mystery film with Bud Abbot...
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Pacifist WHY? poster on the Vietnam War, Italy 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Black-and-white poster from the 1970s of opposition to the Vietnam conflict depicting a soldier shot in the back with a large "Why? "very much in vogue among pacifists in the 60s and...
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$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
Jean Dubuffet Silkscreen Serigraph Abstract Exhibition Poster
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Skokie, IL
Jean Dubuffet Silkscreen Serigraph Abstract Exhibition Poster This original vintage poster is a rare piece. It was created for an exhibition of Jean Dubuffet's work at the BC Holla...
Metal
Vintage Psychedelic Poster "American Flower", San Fransisco, 1968
By Peter Max, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Psychedelic Poster "American Flower" San Fransisco, 1968 Printed by Orbit Graphic Arts Celestial Art, #17 1345 Howard Street, San Fransisco, USA Poster is in the style of:...
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Double-sided movie poster - Michael Jackson: Moonwalker, 1989
Located in Praha, CZ
Movie poster for the legendary musical Moonwalker. The poster is in the German version with the inscription "Ein Film wie kein anderer" (One film is like no other). Ideal for fans an...
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"Le Roi Du Bluff" - French Vintage Movie Poster 1932
Located in Kastrup, DK
"Le Roi Du Bluff" French vintage movie poster, lithographic print, from 1932. French poster edition for the American movie "The Half Naked Truth" (1932) with Lupe Vélez (b. 1908 Me...
Glass, Wood, Paper
1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Truly one of the most iconic poster designs of all time, this 1961 poster for Blake Edwards' romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's" features the timeless design by poster art legen...
Linen, Paper
Original Sport Design Volleyball Poster, 1993 / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1990s - original poster, no reproduction - suitable for framing - signed by designer very good original condition, probably never used jr.
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Original Sport Design Volleyball Poster, 1993 / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1990s - original poster, no reproduction - suitable for framing - signed by designer very good original condition, probably never used jr.
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$471Sale Price|20% Off
Giovanola Vintage Advertising Poster, Textile Company, Italy, 1960s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Giovanola Vintage Advertising Poster, Textile Company, Italy, 1960s A beautiful 1960s original advertising poster. Manufactured in Italy for the Italian from "Gerosa Pubblicazioni" ...
Paper, Canvas
Original 1950s Czech Propaganda Industrial Poster by Frantisek Bilek
Located in Żory, PL
Rare 1950s Czech propaganda industrial poster by Frantisek Bilek, signed and dated Praha 1952, featuring mid-century artwork printed on stiff cardboard-like board (60x85 cm).
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Original Vintage Australian Qantas Travel Poster, c. 1959 "Singapore"
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From the series on animals, commemorating Qantas’ inaugural round the world service in the 1950s. Qantas first issued this series as screen-prints in the 1950s, using a Constellation...
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Original Vintage Australian Qantas Poster, c. 1959 "New Guinea"
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From the series on animals, commemorating Qantas’ inaugural round the world service in the 1950s. Qantas first issued this series as screen-prints in the 1950s, using a Constellation...
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Original Vintage Australian Qantas Travel Poster, c. 1959 "Hawaii"
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
From the series on animals, commemorating Qantas’ inaugural round the world service in the 1950s. Qantas first issued this series as screen-prints in the 1950s, using a Constellation...
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$850Sale Price|71% Off
Original Vintage Chinese Propanda Poster, Warmly Hail...1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT To reduce shipping cost, this will be shipped unframed. An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster with "Warmly Hail the Successful Opening of the 4th People's Congress" ...
Acrylic, Paper
1969 Disneyland - Rocket Jets - Tomorrowland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful mid century marvel is in fantastic condition, it was displayed and available in the park over 55 years ago.
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1969 Disneyland - Rainbow Caverns - Frontierland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful mid century marvel is in fantastic condition, it was displayed and available in the park over 55 years ago.
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1969 Disneyland - SS Columbia - Frontierland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful mid century marvel is in fantastic condition, it was displayed and available in the park over 55 years ago.
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Pop Art Poster in Vintage Style, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Not original its reproduction from 2000s Its Print
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Pop Art Poster in Vintage Style, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Not original its reproduction from 2000s Its Print
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Pop Art Poster in Vintage Style, 2000s
Located in Praha, CZ
Not original its reproduction from 2000s Its Print
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1969 Disneyland - Grand Canyon Diorama Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful mid century marvel is in fantastic condition, it was displayed and available in the park over 55 years ago.
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Original Pablo Picasso Poster, 1957, Galerie Louise Leiris
By Mourlot, Pablo Picasso
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early original poster by Picasso, printed by his lithographer, Mourlot. Paris, for an exhibition of paintings at Galerie Louise Leiris, 1957. Literature: Bloch, 1275; Mo...
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$3,600Sale Price|20% Off
Original French Poster, 'Ortalion Ombrelli Audrey Hepburn' 1968
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
The colours are vibrant, this is a classic design from the mid-century period. ARTIST Rene Gruau YEAR 1968 DIMENSIONS 140 x 200 cm CONDITION Excellent
Linen, Paper
Original 1950s Czech Propaganda Industrial Poster by Frantisek Bilek
Located in Żory, PL
Rare 1950s Czech propaganda industrial poster by Frantisek Bilek, signed and dated Praha 1952, featuring mid-century artwork printed on stiff cardboard-like board (60x85 cm).
Paper
$680Sale Price|20% Off
Original Vintage Poster Poliakoff ‘Gouaches 1944-1969’
By Serge Poliakoff
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Serge Poliakoff (January 8, 1900 – October 12, 1969) was a Russian-born French modernist painter. Poliakoff quickly came to be considered as one of the most powerful painters of his ...
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Picasso Poster Original Sala Gaspar 61 Dibujos de Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sala Gaspar Picasso Poster 61 Jan Feb Barcelona Original 1961 Exhibition Poster Dibujos de Picasso by Pablo Picasso White matte 20 h x 16 w Art 12 h 9.5 h Preowned original vintage R...
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Original Vintage Poster Serge Poliakoff 'ABCD' Exhibition, 1973
By Serge Poliakoff
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Poster Serge Poliakoff 'ABCD' Exhibition, 1973 Serge Poliakoff (January 8, 1900 – October 12, 1969) was a Russian-born French modernist painter. Poliakoff quickly c...
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Framed Eames Poster from Trapholt Museum (Denmark) Exhibition
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning and vibrant poster from Trapholt art museum in Denmark to commemorate a 1998 exhibition featuring the designs of Charles and Ray Eames. In excellent condition, recently prof...
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$675Sale Price|64% Off
Original Vintage Chinese Propaganda Poster, Support Agriculture..., 1969
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Shipped unframed to reduce shipping cost. An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster, "Support Agriculture Energetically" Shanghai Xinhua Bookstore Shenyang. Bright, vi...
Acrylic, Paper
Pair of Original Cuban Silkscreen Travel Posters, ININT, Italy 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare and visually captivating pair of original Cuban silkscreen travel posters, published by the Instituto Nacional de la Industria Turística (ININT) and printed in 1970, each bear...
Paper
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Original Vintage Poster, 'Relax' 1964 by Rene Gruau
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Poster, 'Relax' 1964 by Rene Gruau The fifties were the last flowering of the golden age of the ocean liner, which would soon be usurped by the jet plane. During th...
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Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Miami, FL
Picasso Inspired Original Surrealist Art Exhibition Poster by Antoni Clave Original art exhibition poster by listed Spanish artist Antoni Clave from his Ginza Japan show. This int...
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Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Slovenia Slovenija Yugoslavia Drelse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by the Slovenian Tourism Association to promote the region of Slovenia in the former Yugoslavia - Slovenija Jugoslavija - featuri...
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$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
1974 Alexander Calder "Paintings / Sculpture / Graphics" Exhibition Poster
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Atlanta, GA
1974 Alexander Calder Vintage "Paintings / Sculpture / Graphics" Modern Exhibition Poster. The fine art lithograph print poster is published by The Honkin Gallery Inc. Chicago, prin...
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1960 United Airlines - Las Vegas Original Vintage Poster
By Stan Galli
Located in Winchester, GB
Depicting a couple sunbathing and swimming in a resort, this wonderful design is typical of the iconic mid century collaboration between United and Galli.
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Original Vintage Poster Brussels Worlds Fair Expo Volunteer Interpreters
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster created to recruit volunteer interpreters for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels featuring a great mid-century modern design depicting two men as silhouettes o...
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"Until Now" Surrealist Cityscape Poster by Ralph Hertle, 1970
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Surrealist Cityscape Art Poster "Until Now" by Ralph Hertle, 1970 Artist Ralph Hertle signed in plate R Hertle 70 24" x 30" "The "Until Now" print is a widely recognized vintage ...
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Original Vintage Advertising Poster Jabali Protective Motorcyclist Gear Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Jabala protective rain wear for motorcycle riders - Protejase totalmente del frío y la lluvia usando Trajes de plastico Jabali para motoristas...
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Original Vintage Advertising Poster, Boris Bucan Televizija Zagreb
By Boris Bucan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned graphic designer from Croatia. His graphic work has been widely exhibited all over the world. This is an original vintage poster which is...
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Rare Original Rolling Stones Design Concert Poster, Prague / 1990
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1990s - original poster, no reproduction !! - suitable for framing - one small damage jr
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"Culzean Castle, President Eisenhower's Scottish Home" 1950s Railways Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a poster for the British Railways by Kenneth Steel. The poster advertises "Culzean Castle: President Eisenhower's Scottish Home" and encourages onlookers to "See Scotland ...
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1967 You Only Live Twice Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Depicting Bond being bathed by multiple women, the poster reads "Sean Connery IS James Bond", and looking at this icon of mid century design, it's hard to disagree.
Linen, Paper
Picasso "Les Menines" Galerie Louise Leiris 1959, Mourlot Lithograph Poster
Located in Sharon, CT
This original Mourlot Lithograph is included in 'The Posters of Picasso' 1964 Joseph E Foster, as Plate 38. Regarding this work Foster writes: "As is characteristic, design and let...
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Original Vintage Poster, Hutchinson, Tennis, Basketball, Sneakers, 1950
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Poster-Guion -Eaternal -Hutchinson -Tennis -Basketball, 1950 Poster promotion advertising of the shoe brand « A The Eagle – Hutchinson." Additional Details: Materials and ...
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Vintage Original Henry Moore Exhibition Poster Reclining Woman Gallery Maeght
By Henry Moore
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
This vintage, 1984, original, lithograph poster, "Reclining Woman", by iconic Mid Century Modern artist/sculptor, Henry Moore, was created for his 1977-1982 exhibition "Oeuvre Grave...
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Original Vintage Advertising Poster Jerusalem MEA Middle East Airlines Auriac
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Jerusalem MEA Middle East Airlines featuring a colourful mid-century design by Jacques Auriac (1922-2003) depicting a woman carrying a traditi...
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Original poster « La Piscine » Alain Delon Romy Schneider
Located in PAU, FR
Original french movie poster from 1974 of the movie La Piscine 1969. Realized by Jacques Deray With Alain Delon, Romy Schneider And Maurice Ronet. Illustrated by Vaissier and printed...
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First Edition Flying Eyball Jimi Hendrix Concert at The Fillmore Poster
By Rick Griffin
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT First edition. Jimi Hendrix Flying Eyeball concert poster, 1968 BG-105: "Flying Eyeball", first printing, Bill Graham Presents Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Mayall, and Albert...
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$620Sale Price|20% Off
Modernist Unframed Collectible Lithograph/Poster by Antoni Clavé
By Antoni Clavé
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful great collectible poster by Antoni Clave Gallery Gaspar printed in France 1975, never used in great condition.
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XXL russian original soviet propaganda bilboard/poster - CCCP, 1950s / marked
Located in Praha, CZ
- higly profesionally renovated, on a japan paper - consists of three posters - for detailed condition see al photos properly - very rare
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'Motorpsycho' Original Vintage Movie Poster, American, 1965
Located in Devon, GB
"Cyclemaniacs assaulting and killing for thrills! Bike riding hoodlums flat-out on their murder cycles." A motorcycle blasts through the newspaper headlines on this explosive US O...
Linen, Paper
$113Sale Price|75% Off
Vintage School Map of Czechoslovakia, Mid-Century Modern, 1960s
Located in Zohor, SK
This is a great vintage school map produced in Czechoslovakia by Skolske pomucky n.p., which was a national factory for producing the school items in Czechoslovakia. This map is show...
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Vintage Poster "Mandala of the Magnificent", Los Angeles, 1967
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Poster "Mandala of the Magnificent" 1967 Screened by Royal Screen Craft, Inc. by A. Sirkia 6311 Yucca Street, Los Angeles, USA "poster is in good vintage condition conside...
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Original Christo Wraps The Museum Brown Wrapping Paper Poster, 1968
Located in New Windsor, NY
Original 1968 Christo Wraps The Museum brown wrapping paper poster. Published by The Museum of Modern Art. Christo wasn't permitted to undertake this project so the show was a series...
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Original 1972 Munich Olympic Poster by Alan Davie
By Alan Davie 1
Located in Weesp, NL
Immerse yourself in the dynamic energy of the 1972 Olympic Games with the iconic poster created by the renowned artist Alan Davie. This poster not only commemorates a historic sporti...
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Alexander Calder Haus der Kunst Munich Original German Exhibition Poster 1975
By (after) Alexander Calder
Located in Studio City, CA
Would be a great addition to any Calder or Mid-Century exhibition poster collection or make for an eye catching stand alone accent artwork once framed.
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Original Vintage Travel Poster, 'TWA Disney" c. 1955 by David Klein
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
These posters have become synonymous with that golden, mid-Century era of design.
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$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
RARE Original Vintage Poster, 'Bemberg' by Rene Gruau
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
RARE Original Vintage Poster, 'Bemberg' by Italian Fashion Illustrator, Rene Gruau - 1964 RARE first edition two panel poster. René Gruau was an Italian artist known for his paint...
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Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Add a welcome personal touch to your space and tie your distinctive interior scheme together by introducing antique and vintage posters to any and every room of your home.
In the late 19th century, following the advent of text-heavy posters printed from woodblocks for use in taverns and shop windows, hand-drawn poster art had become commonplace in regions such as France, England and the United States. Well-known illustrators were commissioned to produce decorative posters to advertise political campaigns, theatrical events, books, household goods and other items. Early poster artists used a printmaking technique called lithography, which sees drawings or paintings created on a stone (or metal) surface with an oil-based substance, such as a greasy crayon or tusche (an oily wash). The image is eventually affixed to the surface by means of a chemical reaction, and ink adheres to certain sections of the surface while non–image areas are made to repel the ink.
If you wanted a color lithograph in the early days, the number of stones prepared had to match the number of colors you commissioned for the poster. French painter Jules Chéret, widely known as the father of the modern poster, designed some of history's most popular lithographic posters that featured color. Today, Chéret’s art is highly collectible, along with original works by Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, whose posters advertising theatrical productions helped define Art Nouveau.
Over time, poster artists transitioned to more advanced techniques. Using silkscreens, woodblocks and photolithography, painters and illustrators printed larger quantities at a faster rate.
If you’ve finally tracked down that vintage movie poster, mid-century modern promotional travel poster or other work and you’re looking to find out if it is valuable, distinguishing between an original poster and a reproduction can be complicated. A professional appraiser can work with you on factors such as rarity, assessing the physical condition of your poster and authenticating your piece. For now, take care of your new acquisition because conserving posters is essential in helping them retain their value. A practical conservation method is to have the work mounted on archival, acid-free paper and thin artist’s canvas, then enclosing it in a sturdy frame. (And here is a primer on how to hang wall art, be it arranged gallery-style or otherwise.)
On 1stDibs, find all kinds of posters for your home today.