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Theater Marquee, Early Lithograph by Wayne Thiebaud 1956
Theater Marquee, Early Lithograph by Wayne Thiebaud 1956

Theater Marquee, Early Lithograph by Wayne Thiebaud 1956

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Wayne Thiebaud, American (1920 - ) Title: Theater Marquee Year: 1956 Medium: Lithograph Signature: Signed, titled, numbered, and dated in pencil Image Size: 20.5 x 12 inches...

Category

1950s Modern Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

California Theater Marquee, Los Angeles

California Theater Marquee, Los Angeles

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

California Theater Marquee, Los Angeles
California Theater Marquee, Los Angeles

California Theater Marquee, Los Angeles

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Empire" by Robert Cottingham (Photorealism, Neon, City, Text, Screen print)
"Empire" by Robert Cottingham (Photorealism, Neon, City, Text, Screen print)

"Empire" by Robert Cottingham (Photorealism, Neon, City, Text, Screen print)

By Robert Cottingham

Located in New York, NY

After I had seen and photographed it, the theater was torn down. The Rosa Parks Library and Museum now stands on the site.” - Robert Cottingham, November 2010 In 2011, Forum Gallery...

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Forty-Deuce, Original Painting
Forty-Deuce, Original Painting

Forty-Deuce, Original Painting

By Leroy Burt

Located in San Francisco, CA

On this sunny winter afternoon, storefronts dazzle with colorful advertisements, while theater marquee lights reflect off restaurant windows.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Notre Dame, Paris, 2012

Notre Dame, Paris, 2012

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Montmartre, Paris, 2012

Montmartre, Paris, 2012

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hollywood

Hollywood

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Garment District, New York City

Garment District, New York City

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Arc de Triomphe, Paris

Arc de Triomphe, Paris

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Boulder City, Nevada

Boulder City, Nevada

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China

Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Seine River, Paris

Seine River, Paris

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Catacombs, Paris

Catacombs, Paris

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sacre Coeur, Paris

Sacre Coeur, Paris

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Effiel Tower, Paris, 2012

Effiel Tower, Paris, 2012

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Columbus Circle, New York City

Columbus Circle, New York City

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lower Manhattan, New York City

Lower Manhattan, New York City

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

City Hall, Los Angeles

City Hall, Los Angeles

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Subway Station, New York City

Subway Station, New York City

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lower Manhattan, New York City

Lower Manhattan, New York City

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan

By Thomas Michael Alleman

Located in Hudson, NY

His love for the ironic and misplaced becomes further evident in the panoramic California Theater Marquee, LA. Once grandiose, the hotel marquee takes on an eerie, carnival-like qual...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Johann Berthelsen, Times Sq, Period Oil Painting of New York City 1883-1972
Johann Berthelsen, Times Sq, Period Oil Painting of New York City 1883-1972

Johann Berthelsen, Times Sq, Period Oil Painting of New York City 1883-1972

By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

But when he came to the house to view the finished work, he was disappointed that the theater marquee did not show his name. Johann explained he was an Impressionist painter, not a p...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

WATTS TOWER
WATTS TOWER

WATTS TOWER

By Gloria Stuart

Located in Santa Monica, CA

She later changed the spelling of her last name to Stuart, reasoning that the six letters would balance perfectly on a theater marquee with the six letters in “Gloria.”

Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Came the Dawn

Came the Dawn

By Alec Montroy

Located in New York, NY

Alec Montroy paints a lone figure walking down an empty city street between the marquees of Broadway theaters as gray pre-dawn light diffuses across the sky in his artwork entitled, ...

Category

20th Century Pointillist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Empire, by Robert Cottingham (photorealistic image of neon sign )
Empire, by Robert Cottingham (photorealistic image of neon sign )

Empire, by Robert Cottingham (photorealistic image of neon sign )

By Robert Cottingham

Located in New York, NY

After I had seen and photographed it, the theater was torn down. The Rosa Parks Library and Museum now stands on the site.” - Robert Cottingham, November 2010 In 2011, Forum Gallery...

Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

LADY LIGHTNING Music Box Theater, Photograph, C-Type

LADY LIGHTNING Music Box Theater, Photograph, C-Type

By William Dey

Located in Yardley, PA

The historic Music Box Theater and it's iconic marquee at a special Mother's Day showing of "Mommie Dearest", captured by photographer William Dey.

Category

2010s Other Art Style Black and White Photography

Materials

C Print

Johann Berthelsen Little Church Around the Corner New York City Oil Painting
Johann Berthelsen Little Church Around the Corner New York City Oil Painting

Johann Berthelsen Little Church Around the Corner New York City Oil Painting

By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972

Located in Chesterfield, NJ

But when he came to the house to view the finished work, he was disappointed that the theater marquee did not show his name. Johann explained he was an Impressionist painter, not a p...

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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Rose, from Recent Etchings II
Rose, from Recent Etchings II

Wayne ThiebaudRose, from Recent Etchings II, 1979

$10,000

H 39.38 in W 30.13 in D 1.5 in

Rose, from Recent Etchings II

By Wayne Thiebaud

Located in San Francisco, CA

Framed: 39 3/8 x 30 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches, 3/4 inch face, Wood frame Wayne Thiebaud was born Mesa, Arizona in 1920, and his family soon moved to Los Angeles in 1921. In high school he ...

Category

1970s Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

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Theater Marquee For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the theater marquee you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 1 contemporary versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a theater marquee may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a theater marquee to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of black, gray, orange, yellow and more. Creating a theater marquee has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Thomas Michael Alleman, Fernando Natalici, Johann Berthelsen, Mitchell Funk and Keith Haring are consistently popular. Artworks like these — often created in archival pigment print, pigment print and archival ink — can elevate any room of your home. If space is limited, you can find a small theater marquee measuring 5.5 high and 4 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 60 across to better suit those in the market for a large theater marquee.

How Much is a Theater Marquee?

A theater marquee can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,625, while the lowest priced sells for $375 and the highest can go for as much as $7,500.