The Vintage Map

Duffy’s name has now become recognised by an international audience and is now firmly back on the map. In 2014 Duffy’s second book was released – Duffy Bowie: Five Sessions which co...

He served as a "pistol and palette" combat artist assigned to the map-making section. As a sergeant with the III Amphibious Corps, McDermott was involved in battles in the South Paci...

Depending on the individual map, presentation, and context, a rare or antique map can be modern, traditional, abstract, figurative, serious or whimsical.

Depending on the individual map, presentation, and context, a rare or antique map can be modern, traditional, abstract, figurative, serious or whimsical.

Depending on the individual map, presentation, and context, a rare or antique map can be modern, traditional, abstract, figurative, serious or whimsical.

Some pages remain intact, while others have extensive tears and missing sections affecting photographs, maps and text. Key details Publication: L’Illustration Date: October 9, 1915...

Boucher’s design fuses astronomy, mythology, and modern aviation, using the sky itself as a poetic map of Air France’s international reach. The “Air France” banner and radiating comp...

The irregular arrangement of words, maps and torn paper reflects his distinctive approach to collage, while the restrained lettering keeps the focus on the artwork.

The front printed Métro map is dated 1973, and the title page carries the legal deposit date “2ᵉ trimestre 1974,” confirming mid‑1970s publication.

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the Italian airline Airone Compagnia Trasporti Aerei sede in Cagliari (1944-1949) promoting flights from Sardinia to the Italian mainla...

As stated on the globe, this particular map was designed and edited by Gustav Brueckmann, Replogle's first cartographer who was with the company for 33 years.

Designed in Boucher's distinctive illustrated map style, the poster presents a richly detailed view of French North and West Africa, highlighting the regions in which Crédit Lyonnais...

Among the sculpted finials are a koala, a kangaroo, a kookaburra, a small marsupial, a boomerang, and an outline map of the Australian continent bearing a kangaroo silhouette.

Across the shoulders and belly, the glaze recedes in irregular, map-like patches to reveal the warm, unglazed terracotta clay beneath, producing a striking, organic contrast between ...

By inscribing “Flag, after Jasper Johns” on the reverse, Michael Quanne brilliantly maps a national flag onto a rigid London landscape to critique state power.

The illustrated catalogue Earthly Delights: Mary Adshead, 1904-1995, is available from The University of Liverpool Art Gallery, 6 Abercromby Sq. Liverpool L69 7WY. A map of the UK wi...

A bird's-eye panorama of the Loetschberg district in the Bernese Oberland, c. 1960, drawn in the tradition of Swiss relief-map painting. The view sweeps up from Lake Thun at Spiez th...

Original vintage travel poster for Air France Le Plus Grand Reseau du Monde / The Largest Network in the World featuring a colourful planisphere map design by the notable French arti...

Denmark was placed on the world map for its groundbreaking craftsmanship and mid-century modern furniture.

Invented independently in ancient Greece and China over 2,000 years ago, these spheres solved a crucial human problem: how to navigate the seas and map the night sky. Early astronome...

Published by the Office National Marocain du Tourisme in Rabat, it combines the practicality of a road map with the charm of an illustrated travel poster, inviting visitors to discov...

The imagery transforms the jacket into a wearable map of glamorous old Los Angeles: the iconic Brown Derby hat, Cocoanut Grove palm trees, crescent moons, stars, stylized portraiture...

Standing 20.5 inches tall, this original globe combines educational appeal with the graphic character and understated elegance of mid-century design. The printed map has developed a...

This impressive large-scale model captures a pivotal era in American cartography when Chicago emerged as the epicenter for premier map making. The globe features hand-applied paper...

This breakthrough led to a massive, sold-out debut solo exhibition at London's prestigious Camden Arts Centre that same year, firmly cementing his place on the contemporary British a...

Tea canisters have been long prized for their colorful graphics and collectible appeal. The antique world map motif reflects the enduring popularity of exploration, cartography, and ...

Original vintage travel poster - Scandinavia Rail & Sea Routes British Railways & Other Regular Services - featuring a colourful map of the stops linking cities in the United Kingdom...

Berndt is director of the Wisconsin Academy Gallery, where he has curated two special exhibitions: "Maps of Encounter: The French in Seventeenth-Century Wisconsin" (1995) and "Rebirt...

But first he lived and worked in Washington DC, where he worked at the National War College creating maps of China and Japan, and New York City, where he attended the National Academ...

Original vintage World War Two charity fundraising appeal poster for Anchor Day held on 10 September 1940 throughout the Metropolitan Police Area in aid of The British Sailors' Socie...

The contrast between the smooth cobalt Murano glass and the sandblasted world map detail gives the lighter a refined and unusual character.

Every spread is a combination of maps, photographs, diagrams, and scholarly text in French.

The heavy transparent cube, frosted map decoration, and spherical interior give the piece strong Space Age and Mid-Century Modern character, making it suitable for cataloging as Ital...

In 1957 Saura was one of the founding members of the El Paso group, in Madrid, a space of artistic freedom that managed to put contemporary Spanish art on the international map. A ye...

Rather than executing a rigid geographical map, the artist captures the atmospheric grandeur of high-altitude terrain: undulating ridgelines, alpine meadows, and glacial valleys tran...

#5744 The oversized 32-inch sphere features beautifully rendered, multicolored political cartography with pale blue oceans, richly colored continents, and an extraordinary level o...

The star of the issue is the magnificent double-page star map — "Le Ciel en Mai et Juin — Secteur Ouest" — a full double-page semicircular map of the night sky in vivid turquoise blu...

JEEZ is a twelve by twelve-foot painting in thirty-six panels based on the Ebstorf map, a 13th-century mappa mundi of the same size painted on thirty sewn goatskins.

The double-page turquoise star map — "Le Ciel en Janvier et Février — Secteur Est" — is the primary frameable graphic object: the same format and quality as the celebrated N°241 star...

Each image isolates a moment when the body can no longer contain its unseen tensions: cracks become channels of light, fragments turn into alternate anatomies, and the borders betwee...

Each image isolates a moment when the body can no longer contain its unseen tensions: cracks become channels of light, fragments turn into alternate anatomies, and the borders betwee...

Original vintage information poster - The Largest Power Plants and Power Systems of the USSR - featuring an illustrated map of the vast energy infrastructure of the Soviet Union show...

The reverse carries the eagle of the Great Seal over a map of the United States with the words Shrine of Democracy.

Its highly ordered geometric structure functions as a symbolic map of both the cosmos and the individual, expressing the relationship between external cycles of the universe and the ...

Its carefully ordered geometric structure functions as a symbolic map of the cosmos, with successive architectural and circular fields leading toward the sacred centre.

Although presented on a flat surface, the mandala is traditionally understood as a symbolic three-dimensional celestial palace, representing both an enlightened realm and a visual ma...

Mead and the construction workers who died during the construction of the dam, and most prominently, his "Winged Figures of the Republic" bronze statues and the terrazzo 26,000-year ...

Back cover: Very Good — world map vivid and fully readable; Sommaire crisp. Complete issue — all pages present.

The globe itself is finely detailed, its map showcasing the world as it was understood at mid-century—a snapshot of history frozen in time.

Mid-century Maison Jansen Campaign Style Large Nest of 3 Tables Nest of 3 Tables, the table tops have brass trim with brass banding to the Legs and early world maps on glass These a...

The layered surface and carefully balanced composition evoke the appearance of an ancient map, coded manuscript, or archaeological fragment, inviting close examination and interpreta...

Boucher’s *Planisphere* series, produced for Air France between 1934 and 1962, remains a benchmark in travel advertising. These imaginative maps chronicled the airline’s expanding ro...

During World War II, he constructed dioramas and topographical bombing maps. Following the war, projects shifted to the Cold War and civil defense.

Terrestrial Globe on Hand-Carved Pine Wood Stand Manufactured in Spain, 1940s-1950s Mid-20th century terrestrial globe with Spanish Revival taste depicting a map from the early 17th ...

:: Roundel center medallion adorned at either end by trefoil arrowed finials atop an open field with corner spandrel overlays in quarter map the main medallion wrapped by a pomegrana...

Original vintage travel poster - Visit La Paz Fly Trans Mar de Cortes - featuring a pictorial map of the Baja Peninsula with illustrations of various fish, birds and other animals as...

With an eye for details, Chaumet designed the face of this brooch on mother-of-pearl, a map of the world, and bestowed the Harlequin with a baton capped with a lapis lazuli orb.

:: Diamond shaped center medallion filled with floral top views and leaves adorned at either end by palmette finials atop an abrashed open ground with corner spandrel overlays in qua...

The Swiss watch has a neo-classic look, and its dial is emblazoned with the FIFA logo and two soccer balls servicing as a world map. It has a coin edge bezel with Roman numeral hour ...

They combine observed architecture, remembered places, and the artist’s fascination with labyrinths, maps, tiled surfaces, and shifting systems of perspective.