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Typeface, Hebrew Font and Numbers Enamel Judaica Art Plaque
By George F Welch
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions w/Frame: 10" x 7 1/2" x 1 1/2"
A George F. Welch Abstract Copper Enamel Wall Art Plaque Inscribed signature on the lower right of the plaque.
Artist Bio: George F. Welch...
Category
20th Century Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Enamel
Portrait of Woman on Typeface French Jewish Surrealist Aquatint Etching Judaica
By Zvi Milshtein
Located in Surfside, FL
Etching and Aquatint with embossing, This is numbered by hand in pencil but does not appear to be signed.
Zwy Milshtein (Zvi Tzvi Milstein) BIOGRAPHY 1934 Born in Kishinev (Bessarab...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Vintage Typeface
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Brooklyn Bridge
By Rudolph Ruzicka
Located in New York, NY
, eventually, Vermont.
Ruzicka was an important printmaker, typeface designer, graphic artist, and book
Category
20th Century American Realist Vintage Typeface
Materials
Engraving
Marble and Patinated Brass "Wagneriana" Torchere by Lella and Massimo Vignelli
By Lella & Massimo Vignelli for Casigliani
Located in Montreal, QC
Avenue. Notably, Massimo’s prolific print work championed the Helvetica typeface, encouraging its
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Typeface
Materials
Marble
Virgin and Child.
By Eric Gill
Located in Storrs, CT
simili-Japan paper with one side deckle edge. Unsigned.
Eric Gill was a painter, sculptor, typeface
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
French Black-White-red Art Déco Poster Advertising "Casino De Paris", 1980s
Located in Salzburg, AT
Déco dancer on a stool.
The subject, the typeface and the decoration clearly point us in the 1920s
Category
Late 20th Century French Art Deco Vintage Typeface
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 34.26 in W 19.69 in D 1.19 in
Mother and Child [With Arms Outstretched].
By Eric Gill
Located in Storrs, CT
and a 12 3/4 x 11-inch gold frame.
Eric Gill was a painter, sculptor, typeface designer and
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut, Engraving
![Vintage Mother and Child [With Arms Outstretched].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/eric-gill-prints-works-on-paper-mother-and-child-with-arms-outstretched-for-sale/a_3352/a_130959421695149600720/outstretchedframe3_master.jpg?width=240 "Eric Gill - Mother and Child [With Arms Outstretched].")
Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Nouveau and in line with his dictum “Just enough is more.” Milton Glaser also invented his own typeface
Category
1960s Contemporary Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
1950's Commercial Sign "All - Stainless Inc"
Located in Hanover, MA
typeface.
All Stainless Inc. was located at 75 Research Road in Hingham, MA 02043.
Category
1950s American Industrial Vintage Typeface
Materials
Aluminum
Arabia of Finland Ceramic Kitchen Jars and Spice Jars, 16-Piece Set, 1966–68
By Ulla Procope, Esteri Tomula, Arabia
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Contents are listed in a repeating pattern in nine (or ten) languages, each in their own typeface: French
Category
1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Plastic, Rubber, Cork, Ceramic
H 7.75 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism)
By Max Bill
Located in Kansas City, MO
Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer.
Bill is
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Vintage Typeface
Materials
Screen
Formulation : Articulation. Folio of 2 prints
By Josef Albers
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
Bauhaus, Albers excelled in various disciplines, designing typefaces and furniture alongside teaching. He
Category
1970s Abstract Vintage Typeface
Materials
Screen
Original New York Fly TWA - Trans World Airlines vintage travel poster
By David Klein
Located in Spokane, WA
with a bust of the Statue of Liberty, and the typeface of the New York Times.
TWA (Trans World
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Offset
H 40 in W 25 in D 0.05 in
French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large mixed media abstract painting with stencilled letters in a sans serif typeface in
Category
20th Century Post-War Vintage Typeface
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in
Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Nouveau and in line with his dictum “Just enough is more.” Milton Glaser also invented his own typeface
Category
1960s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
Bill, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Max Bill
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
(1908-1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic
Category
1930s Surrealist Vintage Typeface
Materials
Linocut
1931 original poster of Cassandre for the Thomson brand - Art Deco Advertising
By Adolphe Jean-Marie (AM) Cassandre
Located in PARIS, FR
, such as the Étoile du Nord, the drink Dubonnet, the liner Normandie, and for the typefaces he created
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Typeface
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Original 1930s Swiss Travel Poster, Walter Herdeg and Alb Steiner
By Walter Herdeg
Located in Bath, Somerset
use of imaging and brief, sentimental typefaces that were reminiscent of handwriting. This poster for
Category
20th Century French Vintage Typeface
Materials
Linen, Paper
Milton Glaser Poppy Gives Thanks (Milton Glaser posters)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
established bigger companies it had earlier positioned itself against. The typeface-Neo-Futura-a stencil
Category
1960s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Antique Leather Crayon Box from England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
diagonally across its lid, alongside typeface that reads, “Le Celebre Crayon” and “104 de Baignol & Farjon
Category
20th Century English Vintage Typeface
Materials
Leather, Wood
Eric Gill 1934 Woodblock Print The Canterbury Tales Border Two Naked Girls ii
By Eric Gill
Located in London, GB
Johnson, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his attempts to become
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
Eric Gill 1934 Woodblock Print The Canterbury Tales Border Two Naked Girls
By Eric Gill
Located in London, GB
Johnson, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his attempts to become
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
Eric Gill 1934 Woodblock Print Canterbury Tales The Doctor's Tale, Initial H
By Eric Gill
Located in London, GB
influence of Edward Johnson, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
Eric Gill 1934 Woodblock Print Canterbury Tales Engraving Men with Spears
By Eric Gill
Located in London, GB
influence of Edward Johnson, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
"Plastics, " Striking, Original Graphic Design for Midcentury Advertisement
Located in Philadelphia, PA
classic 1950s typeface and the clean, abstracted design make this a superb example of original design from
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Typeface
H 23.5 in W 17 in D 0.1 in
Double Sided Abstract Expressionist Monotypes on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
creating typefaces for Deberny and Peignot. In 1954, he left Paris for Milan where he worked as a "designer
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Vintage Typeface
Materials
Monotype
H 29.93 in W 22.25 in D 0.04 in
Vintage Jim Dine poster Boymans Museum (Two Ties) red black 1970s retro pop art
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
accompanied by lively sprays of ink. The bold red, sans serif typeface is pure retro delight.
Jim Dine’s
Category
1970s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Offset
Eric Gill 1934 Woodblock Print 'From the Books of Philip Hofer' 'Ex Libris' Lion
By Eric Gill
Located in London, GB
, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his attempts to become an
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
Eric Gill 1934 Woodblock Print Canterbury Tales The Summoner's Tale
By Eric Gill
Located in London, GB
, the designer of the London Underground's own typeface. In 1903 he ceased his attempts to become an
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
Untitled (Geometric Abstraction Minimalism) (~50% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME)
By Max Bill
Located in Kansas City, MO
)
Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Vintage Typeface
Materials
Screen
Travel Cabinet - Bargueno Desk - Spain and England - Early XXth - Arts and Craft
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
manufacturer of furniture and works of art that he designed, publisher and printer, designer of typefaces, but
Category
20th Century Spanish Arts and Crafts Vintage Typeface
Materials
Wood
H 52.76 in W 41.34 in D 21.66 in
Le vent et l'eau
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
(see photo)
There were also 25 impressions with the typeface caption of the title below the image
From
Category
1950s Abstract Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
A Map of the Colne Valley Cloth District, West Yorkshire by Max Gill
Located in London, GB
committee, designing the typeface and regimental badges. Gill’s memorials for the fallen in the First World
Category
1940s Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
"Bonal, " Original Lithograph Poster by Adolphe Mouron Cassandre
By Adolphe Mouron Cassandre
Located in Milwaukee, WI
creator of typefaces, Cassandre, is one of the greatest commercial artists of this century. He reconciled
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Aleph Pop Art Silkscreen Judaica Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
alphabet done in a calligraphy typeface.
Jozsef Jakovits, Hungarian (1909 - 1994) painter, graphic artist
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Hungarian Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
alphabet done in a calligraphy typeface.
Jozsef Jakovits, Hungarian (1909 - 1994) painter, graphic artist
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Typeface
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Surrealist Abstract Hebrew Shabbat Pop Art Silkscreen Judaica Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
alphabet done in a calligraphy typeface.
Jozsef Jakovits, Hungarian (1909 - 1994) painter, graphic artist
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Chandelier in Opaline and Iron, 1930, German attributed to Peter Behrens
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typefaces
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Typeface
Materials
Iron
Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
alphabet done in a calligraphy typeface.
Jozsef Jakovits, Hungarian (1909 - 1994) painter, graphic artist
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Vintage Typeface
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Hungarian Surrealism Pop Art Hebrew Silkscreen Judaica Print Jewish Serigraph
By Jozsef Jakovits
Located in Surfside, FL
alphabet done in a calligraphy typeface.
Jozsef Jakovits, Hungarian (1909 - 1994) painter, graphic artist
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Vintage Jim Dine tool poster Kunsthalle Bern (Saw) neon blue 1970s retro font
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
show stopping vintage poster is the custom typeface: whimsical block letters with graphic horizontal
Category
1970s Pop Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Paper, Offset
White Knoll, Saarinen Calacatta marble tulip dining table with 4 matching chairs
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Highclere, Newbury
typeface and style of the Knoll logo impression in the base of the table) and is in a totally vintage ‘as
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
H 28.35 in Dm 35.83 in
Joan Baez in Concert Under the Stars original 1975 Concert vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
eclectic typefaces and decorative borders with brilliant colors in his concert posters. Griffin's
Category
1970s Street Art Vintage Typeface
Materials
Offset
H 22.38 in W 9 in D 0.1 in
Imaginary Realities
By Lawrence Weiner
Located in Toronto, Ontario
of Weiner's text-based art, utilizing his signature typeface and bright primary colors to give life
Category
1990s Conceptual Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
"Steelworker" Rare Late Art Deco Sculpture of Worker, 1950s, Austria
By Karl Nieschlag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the base of the sculpture, executed in a handsome typeface: United Austrian Eisenu Steelworks Linz
Category
1950s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Typeface
Materials
Bronze
Calligraphy for George M Hammer London Church Fitters post-war reconstruction
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
the world of calligraphy comes from the Ralph Beyer typeface (or font) which surely has had an
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Watercolor
Lying Boy / - Fragile childlikeness -
Located in Berlin, DE
1943, Alfred Fuchs trained there as a typeface painter. In Prague, however, the family was not immune
Category
1990s Realist Vintage Typeface
Materials
Charcoal
Hans Schleger 'Zero' London Transport Bus Stop c. 1970 Original Poster
By Hans Schleger Zero
Located in London, GB
Johnson's special typeface created for London Transport, Hans Schleger - or Zero as he signed himself
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
London Transport Bus Stop Original Vintage Poster c. 1970
Located in London, GB
special typeface created for London Transport, Hans Schleger - or Zero as he signed himself - adopted the
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
Convolution, 1940s Modern Black White Abstract Lithograph of Kinetic Movement
By Herbert Bayer
Located in Denver, CO
. During this time he designed the “Universal” typeface emphasizing legibility by removing the ornaments
Category
1940s Abstract Vintage Typeface
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
H 23 in W 26.75 in D 1.25 in
'Naked Girl in Spray, Head Thrown Back' — 1930s Modernist Female Nude
By Eric Gill
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Eric Gill was a twentieth-century British sculptor, printmaker and typeface designer
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Typeface
Materials
Woodcut
Hans Schleger 'Zero' London Transport Coach Stop c. 1970 Original Poster
By Hans Schleger Zero
Located in London, GB
Johnson's special typeface created for London Transport, Hans Schleger - or Zero as he signed himself
Category
1970s Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
Hans Schleger 'Zero' London Transport Coach Stop Request Original Poster
By Hans Schleger Zero
Located in London, GB
with Edward Johnson's special typeface created for London Transport, Hans Schleger - or Zero as he
Category
1970s Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
Herbert Matter Swiss Exhibition Poster on the History of Bathing and Swimming
By Herbert Matter
Located in Essex, MA
typeface.
He went to the United States in 1936 and was hired by legendary art director Alexey Brodovitch
Category
Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Paper
H 50 in W 35.38 in D 0.13 in
Australia Original Vintage Propaganda Poster post WW2 MacDonald Max Gill
By "Leslie MacDonald ""Max"" Gill"
Located in London, GB
he joined the Imperial War Graves Commission’s headstone design committee, designing the typeface and
Category
1940s Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
'Zero' Hans Schleger Grow Your Own Food Surreal Original Vintage Poster
By Hans Schleger Zero
Located in London, GB
typeface created for London Transport, Hans Schleger - or Zero as he signed himself - adopted the famous
Category
1940s Surrealist Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
French Pop Art Modernist Textured Painting Abstract With Stencilled Letters
By James Coignard
Located in Surfside, FL
typeface. Size includes frame.
James Coignard was born in Tours, France in 1925. At the age of three he
Category
20th Century Post-War Vintage Typeface
Materials
Jute, Oil, Mixed Media, Board
1950s Abstract Composition in Brown, Orange and Blue with Black Parallel Lines
By Herbert Bayer
Located in Denver, CO
. During this time he designed the “Universal” typeface emphasizing legibility by removing the ornaments
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Vintage Typeface
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
H 17.75 in W 22.5 in D 1 in
Monet Portrait of Jeanne Duval: Ricard drawing vintage typewriter love poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
handwritten. Below, a poem in typewriter typeface reads:
"in a cab across 23 street You're wearing your
Category
1980s Contemporary Vintage Typeface
Materials
Lithograph
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
won instant international acclaim for his pioneering use of photomontage combined with typeface. He
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Typeface
Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Vintage Typeface For Sale on 1stDibs
Find the exact vintage typeface you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Find modern versions now, or shop for modern creations for a more modern example of these cherished works. Finding the perfect vintage typeface may mean sifting through those created during different time periods — you can find an early version that dates to the 20th Century and a newer variation that were made as recently as the 20th Century. Adding a vintage typeface 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, brown, white and more. There have been many interesting vintage typeface examples over the years, but those made by Milton Glaser, Eric Gill, Hans Schleger Zero, Jozsef Jakovits and Max Bill are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these — often created in lithograph, offset print and screen print — can elevate any room of your home.
How Much is a Vintage Typeface?
A vintage typeface can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $404, while the lowest priced sells for $92 and the highest can go for as much as $34,500.
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