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Original Vintage Architectural Poster 'Georges Pompidou', Modern Art Museum 1977
By Alfred Widmer
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
backed This poster was created to advertise the opening of the modern art ‘Georges Pompidou’ museum in
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

1955 TWA Disneyland Original Vintage Poster
By David Klein
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1955 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to
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Vintage 1950s American Posters

Materials

Linen, Paper

1955 TWA Disneyland Original Vintage Poster
1955 TWA Disneyland Original Vintage Poster
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Original Vintage Poster-Falck Jarl-Human History-America Exhibition, 1939
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
poster for the museum of man, to promote the opening of the new room of america. We see in the background
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20th Century Posters

Materials

Paper

1965 Henri Matisse, Nice La Danseuse Creole Original Vintage Poster
By Henri Matisse
Located in Winchester, GB
extremely rare poster in perfect mint condition, the piece is backed on museum quality linen to preserve it
Category

Vintage 1960s French Posters

Materials

Linen, Paper

Original Vintage Poster London Town Pictorial Map Southern Railway Underground
By Kerry Lee
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Travel By Train map poster for London Town by the British artist, illustrator and
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Vintage 1930s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original 1992 Barcelona Olympic Poster Designed by Jean-Michel Folon
By Jean-Michel Folon
Located in London, GB
, 1995; Olympic Museum, Lausanne, 1996). He credits Giorgio Soavi for publishing his first posters
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1990s Belgian Modern Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Sport Poster Olympic Games 1948 London Walter Herz Big Ben
By Walter Herz
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for the 1948 London Olympic Games held from 29 July to 14 August, the first
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel By Train London Town Pictorial Map Poster Kerry Lee
By Kerry Lee
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Travel By Train map poster for London Town by the British artist, illustrator and
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Vintage 1950s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Palacete De La Moncloa Palace PNT Madrid Spain
Located in London, GB
Turismo PNT following the restoration of the Moncloa Palace in 1929 and re-opening as a museum - Palacete
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Vintage 1930s Spanish Posters

Materials

Paper

The Red Horsemen (aka Equestrians) Modern Art Pavilion Seattle Art Museum Poster
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein at Modern Art Pavilion, Seattle Art Museum Limited Edition poster, 1976 Offset
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1970s Pop Art Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

The original limited edition 1965 Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA poster
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder The original Los Angeles County Museum of Art poster, 1965 Limited Edition vintage
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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Man Ray Objects of my Affection Exhibition Poster Trompe L'Oeuf MoMA, 1969
By MOMA Museum New York, Man Ray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art New York bringing it to New York in 1969. This large print promotes
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints

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Paper

Larry Rivers Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery (Hand Signed)
By Larry Rivers
Located in New York, NY
confused with the poster edition of the same image. It was commissioned in 1974 to celebrate to opening of
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Deluxe signed & numbered lithograph for the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
grand opening and inaugural installation at the museum. While the poster itself was an open edition
Category

1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Indianapolis Museum of Art Inaugural Exhibitions", Color Silkscreen, Signed
By Robert Indiana
Located in Detroit, MI
poster for the opening of the Hirshhorn Museum of Art (1974.) Indiana’s artwork has been featured in
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1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Screen

Global Warning - Global Warming (Andy Warhol museum Edition) - environmental art
By Shepard Fairey
Located in New York, NY
hand signed, dated and numbered silkscreen print created exclusively for the opening of Shepard
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Pencil

1966 After Man Ray 'Lips' ORIGINAL POSTER
By Man Ray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Additional Details: First edition exhibition poster designed and created by Man Ray for the opening of the
Category

1960s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Bonbonnière & Eremitage by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret poster, 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnakenberg’s 1920 poster promoting the decadent (and likely debaucherous) Munich cabaret
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1920s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Chez Panisse Restaurant Birthday Celebration: Original Goines Graphic Art Poster
By David Lance Goines
Located in Alamo, CA
. The poster was created to celebrate the 18th anniversary of the opening of the famous Berkeley gourmet
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Late 20th Century Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Sixieme Biennale de Peinture, " Original Vintage Lithographic Poster
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sixieme Biennale de Peinture" is an vintage Picasso exhibition poster printed in 1966 by Mourlot
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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Exhibition Poster 60 Years of Graphic Works-ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
for the opening of the LA County Museum in 1966. 2500 copies were printed by Mourlot. Also referenced
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20th Century Cubist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Dali Inaguracion Teatro Museo Figueras Espana Septiember 1974 Poster
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Paonia, CO
vintage poster celebrating the opening of the Salvador Dalí Theater Museum in Figueras, Spain, copyright
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Color

Chez Panisse Restaurant Birthday Celebration: Original Goines Graphic Art Poster
By David Lance Goines
Located in Alamo, CA
This original framed graphic art lithographic poster entitled "Chez Panisse Cafe & Restaurant
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Late 20th Century Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Chez Panisse 21st Birthday Celebration: Limited Ed. Goines Graphic Art Poster
By David Lance Goines
Located in Alamo, CA
This original limited edition graphic art lithographic poster entitled "Chez Panisse Twenty-First
Category

Late 20th Century Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Chez Panisse Birthday Celebration: Signed Limited Ed. Goines Graphic Art Poster
By David Lance Goines
Located in Alamo, CA
This original framed graphic art lithographic poster entitled "Chez Panisse Cafe & Restaurant
Category

Late 20th Century Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

David LaChapelle American Jesus poster (Hand Signed by David LaChapelle)
By David LaChapelle
Located in New York, NY
York David LaChapelle American Jesus (Hand Signed by David LaChapelle), 2010 Offset lithograph poster
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset, Ink

Chez Panisse 12th Birthday Celebration: Limited Ed. Goines Graphic Art Poster
By David Lance Goines
Located in Alamo, CA
vegetables and fruit. The poster was created to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the opening of the famous
Category

Late 20th Century Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Robert Motherwell Hand Signed Exhibition & Black Lithograph Poster Dance I, 1979
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging lithographic exhibition poster by American abstract expressionist painter
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

Waterloo Station 1993 poster by Brendan Neiland signed "to Bob Reid"
By Brendan Neiland
Located in London, GB
Brendan Neiland (born 1941) R.A. (Expelled) Waterloo International (1993) Lithographic poster 101 x
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1990s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Original 'Ghost of Zorro' vintage 1949 movie poster US 1-sheet
Located in Spokane, WA
Original ‘Ghost of Zorro’ vintage movie poster. 1949. Museum archival mounted on acid-free
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Abstract Expressionist poster (Hand signed and inscribed by Henen Frankenthaler)
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
included: Museum frame with UV plexiglass included Inscribed "to Paul and Joan, love Helen Frankenthaler
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1980s Color-Field Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset, Ballpoint Pen, Lithograph

"Exposition Ceramiques Picasso, David Barnett Gallery, " Poster after P. Picasso
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Exposition Ceramiques Picasso, David Barnett Gallery" is a poster made after Pablo Picasso. A Moon
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1970s Cubist Figurative Prints

Materials

Other Medium

The Red Horsemen (Equestrians) signed offset lithograph poster with Olympic COA
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in New York, NY
Equestrians") is one of a stated edition of 750 hand signed lithographic posters - although only about 200 are
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1980s Pop Art Animal Prints

Materials

Offset, Pencil, Lithograph

Mobiles de Calder, mid century modern Alexander Calder abstract kinetic poster
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
After Alexander Calder Mobiles de Calder poster, 1954 Original offset lithograph poster 28 × 20 1/2
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Leonard Baskin Woodblock Broadside Print Woodcut Vintage Poster in Red and Black
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original gallery show poster the Boris Mirsky Gallery, Newbury St. Boston. titled
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Leonard Baskin Woodblock Broadside Print Woodcut Vintage Poster in Red and Black
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Surfside, FL
This is an original gallery show poster the Boris Mirsky Gallery, Newbury St. Boston. titled
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Yvon Lambert Gallery Poster (Hand Signed and Addressed by Dennis Oppenheim)
By Dennis A. Oppenheim
Located in New York, NY
This is an extremely uncommon vintage poster/mailer announcing the May 20th, 1969 opening reception
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1960s Conceptual Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

Early Work (Hand Signed by Richard Serra) Zwirner Gallery poster Minimalist art
By Richard Serra
Located in New York, NY
1968. The print was hand signed by the artist on the occasion of his opening at Zwirner Richard Serra
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2010s Minimalist Interior Prints

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Original Vintage Pop Art 1965 Collage Lithograph Larry Rivers Poster Brandeis
By Larry Rivers
Located in Surfside, FL
acquired by the Museum of Modern Art. A 1953 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware was damaged in fire
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1960s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Pop Art 1997 Offset Lithograph Larry Rivers Music Poster Hamptons NY
By Larry Rivers
Located in Surfside, FL
Larry Rivers "The Music Festival of the Hamptons / July 18-27 1997" poster, Not hand signed
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1990s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Poster of Brice Marden's studio (hand signed by Brice Marden) Nan Goldin photo
By Brice Marden
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden's Studio Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Brice Marden in 2015) This print
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Prints

Materials

Pencil, Lithograph, Offset

Next Wave Festival poster at BAM (Hand signed and dated '97 by Roy Lichtenstein)
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in New York, NY
Roy Lichtenstein Next Wave Festival Poster (Hand signed and dated), 1983 Offset lithograph (Hand
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Once in a Lifetime (rare theatrical poster from mid 1970s designed by Ed Ruscha)
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha Once in a Lifetime, 1975 Offset lithograph poster on thin board Frame included: This work
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset, Board

Warhol Unlimited
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist salons to more recent posters celebrating Kerry James Marshall’s first museum retrospective. Many
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Screen

Warhol Unlimited
H 63 in W 47 in
JUXTAPOZ FACTOR LAGUNA
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Tallinn, EE
” campaign poster for President Barack Obama encapsulates a number of the artist’s recurring concerns
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Odeon Casino by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret lithograph, 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
century. While Paris was unquestionably the center of the world when it came to Poster Art at the opening
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1920s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

"Radio City 1973 Art Deco Exposition", original Pencil drawing on Vellum
By David Edward Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
measures 16x11". David's poster art is in many museum collections, including : The Louvre, in Paris
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1970s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Vellum, Pencil

Deutsches Theater by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret lithograph, c. 1920
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
world when it came to Poster Art at the opening of the movement, by 1910 Germany had established itself
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1920s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Radio City original 1973 Art Deco Exposition, original Pencil drawing on Vellum
By David Edward Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
27x22" image measures 16x11". David's poster art is in many museum collections, including : The Louvre
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1970s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Vellum

KAWS Record Art 2008 (KAWS Kanye West 808s and Heartbreak 1st pressing)
By KAWS
Located in NEW YORK, NY
& offset printed poster designed by KAWS. Record cover: 12 x 12 inches folded closed (opening to larger
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Keith Haring Fun Gallery 1983 (announcement)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Museum in Washington, D.C. Related Categories Keith Haring Graffiti. Vintage Keith Haring poster. Keith
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1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Abstract
By Arthur Okamura
Located in Missouri, MO
Chaplin Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA, 1987 "Opening Show," Bolinas Museum, 1988 "Miniature Show," Bolinas
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled. (View from a window)
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
exhibitions at home and abroad and has exhibited with Bircham Gallery since its opening in 1988 and is a
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

DADA historic Sidney Janis gallery mixed media, mid century designed by Duchamp
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
poster and throw it away. Carroll Janis would later recall that Duchamp, in characteristic fashion
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Mid-20th Century Dada Abstract Prints

Materials

Parchment Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Screen

Venice Biennale: XLIV Esposizione Internazionale D'arte (Hand signed by Kapoor)
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
signed and inscribed by Anish Kapoor), 1990 HISTORIC signed poster published on the occasion of Kapoor
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1990s Contemporary Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Golden Age of Illustration Beautiful Smiling Woman, Female Illustrator
By Zoë Mozert
Located in Miami, FL
old - Provenance: Grapefruitmoon Gallery n 1925 Mozert entered the Pennsylvania Museum School of
Category

1930s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Illustration Board

Georges Braque Framed 'Port de Collioure' Color Lithography, circa 1972
By Georges Braque
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
largest printer of artistic posters and was often hired by French and foreign museums, such as the Tate
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Vintage 1970s French Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Roger de la Fresnaye Framed Color Lithography, circa 1968
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
largest printer of artistic posters and was often hired by French and foreign museums, such as the Tate
Category

Vintage 1960s French Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Vlamnick Framed 'Woods in Chatou' Color Lithography, circa 1972
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
largest printer of artistic posters and was often hired by French and foreign museums, such as the Tate
Category

Vintage 1970s French Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

Maurice Marinot 'Intérieur' Limited Edition Lithograph, circa 1972
By Maurice Marinot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
National Museums. That year, the Studios printed a poster for the hundred year anniversary of Romanticism
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Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Photography

Materials

Paper

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