Jean Even

Hollywood, 1941, oil on board, 18 x 24 inches, signed and dated lower right, illegible writing verso About the Painting From a distance, Beckwith deftly captures the spectacle of a Hollywood premiere. But we have not been invited to the party. Our view is from the shadows of a less glamorous neighborhood with a shaggy, unkept palm tree and rundown buildings in the shadows. We look down through the darkness past a packed parking lot to the bright lights of two iconic Hollywood landmarks, the Pantages Theater and the Broadway Building. Completed in 1930, the Pantages was built as an exuberant Art Deco movie palace, while the Broadway Building housed an upscale department store which catered to entertainment industry elites who were less impacted by the Great Depression than the common man, since movies had become the mainstay of popular culture entertainment during the 1930s with large numbers of Americans looking to immerse themselves in Hollywood escapism. Here, in a rare Los Angeles urban image, Beckwith combines that Hollywood fantasy with the more sobering foreground images which could have been pulled from the L.A. Noire fiction of Raymond Chandler...

Work on canvas Molded frame in wood and gilded plaster 68 x 59 x 7 cm

"Vitraux pour Jerusalem" is one of the most important books illustrated by Marc Chagall and considered as one of his editorial masterpieces. Th...

With fabulous artwork from French painter Herve Morvan, this poster promoting Air France routes to Europe was created in 1956. Air France was created in 1933 after a merger of multip...

AIR FRANCE - NEAR EAST - FAR EAST Rare authentic original vintage airline travel poster Artist: Lucien Boucher Condition: B+ Dimensions: 24.4 x 39.25 in. / 62 x 99.7 cm. Circa: 1947 ...

Lithograph on Arches paper, edited in 1959. Limited edition of 200 copies, numbered as 55/200 in lower left corner. Hand-signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner. Paper size...

THE ORIENT IS HONG KONG - BRITISH CROWN COLONY Rare authentic original vintage travel poster Artist: Dong Kingman Condition: A- Dimensions: 22.4 x 34.6 in. / 57 x 88 cm. Circa: 1961 ...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Air France featuring a stunning Art Deco design with illustrations of people dressed in traditional costumes and national clothing from around the world - including a Spanish flamenco dancer, a Scottish bagpipe musician in a tartan kilt...

UNITED AIR LINES - HAWAII Authentic original vintage midcentury airline travel poster Artist: Stan Galli Condition: B+ Dimensions: 24.8 x 40.2 in. / 63 x 102.1 cm. Circa: 1960 Linen ...

Alexander Calder Sun Face Moon Face , ca. 1965 Signed and numbered lower right Color lithograph on white wove paper, 50 x 65.4 cm 19.7 x 25.7 inches Edition of 100 Alexander Calder ...

AMERICAN AIRLINES - CALIFORNIA ARIZONA TEXAS NEW MEXICO Rare authentic original vintage airline travel poster Artist: E. McKnight Kauffer Condition: B+ Dimensions: 30.1 x 39.8 in. / 76.5 x 101 cm. Circa: 1948 Linen Backed There is edge and corner wear and small tears, most noticeable along the upper left edge; airbrushing has been performed at the bottom corners to address tape staining but the staining is still somewhat noticeable; some surface smudges/scuffs; poster should display very nicely once framed. A masterwork of mid-century graphic design, this original American Airlines travel poster...

UNITED AIR LINES - NEW YORK - STATUE OF LIBERTY Authentic original vintage midcentury airline travel poster Artist: Stan Galli Condition: A/A- Dimensions: 25 x 40.4 in. / 63.5 x 102....