Richard Amsel Decorative Art

Claiming to be a "Daring Drug Expose!", this early exploitation film evaded strict censorship of its lurid content ("Weird Orgies, Wild Parties, Unleashed Passions!") by claiming to ...

Best known for his action packed James Bond posters, American artist Frank McCarthy's dynamic design for John Sturges' spectacular 1963 wartime adventure 'The Great Escape' features king of cool Steve McQueen front and centre, leading co-stars James Garner, Richard Attenborough and their fellow prisoners of war in their legendary escape from a German cap during World War II. McQueen cemented his superstardom as the daredevil Captain Hilts, whose irreverence towards Nazi authority repeatedly lands him in solitary confinement, earning him the nickname 'The Cooler King,' before gunning his motorcycle over a barbed wire fence...

A huge commercial and critical success, Raiders of the Lost Ark smashed into movie theatres in 1981 and quickly became the highest grossing film of the year as well as going on to sw...

Original US film poster for Bruce Weber's 1988 Jazz documentary about the life of the Jazz trumpeter Chat Baker. The image used on the poster was taken by the American photographer ...

Considered to be one of the best gangster films ever made, 'Scarface' follows the rise and fall of Cuban refugee Tony Montana (Al Pacino) as he becomes th...

An original British quad movie poster from 1982 featuring the double billing of Blazing Saddles (1974) and History of the World Part I (1981). Both films directed by Mel Brooks...

An original vintage theatrical folded one-sheet movie poster. Measures: 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]). Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, the 1976 Robert Altman Native American Indian cowboy western ("For your entertainment thousands of redskin savages will massacre peaceful white settlers!"; "A special honeymoon performance for President Grover Cleveland & the First Lady"; "When Buffalo Bill was through roaming the prairies he roamed the bedrooms"; "Sitting Bull say: Buffalo Bill full of bull"; "The greatest buffaloer of them all"; "Buffalo Bill is the biggest legend I ever created"; "See Annie Oakley miss the bull"; "'It ain't all that different from real life!'"; "'Ladees [sic] and Gentlemen! Dino Laurentiis presents the David Susskind production of Robert Altman's Absolutely Unique and heroic enterprise of inimitable lustre!'"; "Based Upon the play 'Indians' by Arthur Kopit") starring Paul Newman (in the title role as William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody), Burt Lancaster (as Ned Buntline), Joel Grey (as Nate Salisbury), Will Sampson, Kevin McCarthy, Geraldine Chaplin (as Annie Oakley), John Considine (as Frank Butler...

In the pantheon of American movie posters, it doesn't get more iconic than this - the spectacular US one-sheet poster for 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. Designed by legendary poster artis...

The dazzling Art Deco design, standout typography and vividly contrasting candy pink and emerald green tones combine to irresistible effect on this rare US One Sheet poster for the 1...

A rare two-sided uncut printer's proof for the Japanese release of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.' When cut, this sheet would have provided eight Japanese B5 or 'Chirashi' mini posters for use as flyers in cinema lobbies to promote current and future releases. Popular with Japanese collectors, Chirashi often take the form of a miniature replica of the movie's poster, with information printed on the reverse. Conceived by producer George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg in their first collaboration, the spectacular 1981 action-adventure blockbuster 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' starred Harrison Ford as globe-trotting action-hero archeologist Indiana Jones in a quest for the biblical Ark of the Covenant. Created by Lucas as a tribute to the cliff-hanger western and adventure serials of the 30s and 40s, Raiders was a massive box office success, becoming the highest grossing film of 1981 and remaining one of the highest grossing films or all time when adjusted for inflation. Almost universally acclaimed by critics, with The New York Times calling it one of the most deliriously funny, ingenious and stylish American adventure...

Original movie poster for Raiders of the Lost Ark (Indiana Jones) created by Amsel circa 1980. Artist: Anonymous Title: Les aventures de l’arche perdue Date: 1981 Size (w x h): 15.1...

Tim Reamer's simple and effective poster design for the final instalment of George Lucas' original Star Wars trilogy has become emblematic of the entire saga, with its glowing lights...