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MODERN STYLE

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”

Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.

Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chaircrafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.

It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.

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Estudios Geométricos Wall Art Print by Leticia Gagetti #03 - Multiple Sizes
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Abstract art print by Leticia Gagetti, printed on 260g high-quality paper with a matte finish that ensures vivid and saturated colors. Crafted through...
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2010s Argentine Modern Posters

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Paper

Abstract Series Modern Art Print by Leticia Gagetti #02 - Multiple Sizes
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Abstract art print by Leticia Gagetti, printed on 260g high-quality paper with a matte finish that ensures vivid and saturated colors. Crafted through giclée printing on museum-qual...
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2010s Argentine Modern Posters

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Paper

Abstract Series Wall Print by Leticia Gagetti #04 - Multiple Sizes
Located in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR
Giclée art print by Leticia Gagetti, printed on 260g high-quality paper with a matte finish that ensures vivid and saturated colors. Crafted through g...
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2010s Argentine Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Soviet Poster "The Union is Indestructible" 1967
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original Vintage Soviet Poster "The Union is Indestructible" 1967 unframed, some damage, wrinkles and folds, etc. - see images
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1960s Russian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

1972 Olympic Poster by David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This classic David Hockney image was produced for the 1972 Olympics held in Munich from 26 August to 10 September. The XX Olympiad had 195 sporting events and over 7000 athletes atte...
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1970s German Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Earth Day 1990 New York City - Vintage Pop Art Poster by Seymour Chwast
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Earth Day 1990 New York City" vintage color commemorative poster designed by well-known graphic design Seymour Chwast. Great vintage condition. Offered unframed. Ships rolled. Paper...
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1990s American Modern Posters

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Paper

Earth Day 1991 New York City - Vintage Pop Art Poster by Seymour Chwast
Located in East Quogue, NY
"Earth Day 1991 New York City" color commemorative poster designed by well-known graphic design Seymour Chwast. Great vintage condition. Offered unframed. Ships rolled. Paper Size 33...
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1990s American Modern Posters

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Paper

PLAKATY Original Polish Poster by Mieczysław Wasilewski, Circa 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
PLAKATY Original Polish Poster by Mieczysław Wasilewski, Circa 1970 Mieczysław Wasilewski, born in Warsaw in 1942, was a student of Henryk Tomaszewski. A teacher at the Academy of F...
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1970s Polish Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

53rd Annual Cannes Film Festival 2000 poster
Located in East Quogue, NY
Official promotional poster for the 53rd annual Cannes Film Festival (2000). Size 33 x 23 inches. Sold unframed. Ships rolled. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes), fou...
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Early 2000s French Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage War Home Front Recycling Poster Bones Make Explosives WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Home Front recycling poster - Bones Make Explosives Put Out All Bones For Salvage - featuring a great modernist graphic design by Reginald Mount (1906-...
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1940s British Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Keith Haring Vintage NYC Pop Shop Art Lithograph Poster Dancing Dogs Wolves 1991
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and extremely hard-to-find limited vintage Keith Haring (1958-1990) Pop Art offset lithograph poster featuring one of his more coveted images of two dancing dogs/wolves from a...
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1990s American Modern Posters

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Paper

Keith Haring Vintage NYC Pop Shop te Neues Art Lithograph Poster Pyramid, 1996
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and extremely hard-to-find vintage Keith Haring (1958-1990) Pop Shop Art offset lithograph poster (Untitled but often referred to as his "Pyramid, Child, Dog" piece) featuring...
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1990s American Modern Posters

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Paper

80's Patrick Nagel Merrill Chase Gallery Chicago Silkscreen Print
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A 1980's stylized framed art gallery poster of a sexy women from that iconic era of disco , Wham and George Michael when life was happening during that period . This highest quality ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Posters

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Paper

Robert Rauschenberg Limited Edition Lithograph Poster I Love New York, 2001
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic, large, richly printed color offset lithograph poster by famed American artist Robert Rauschenberg titled "I Love New York" which depicts the World Trade Center Towers in...
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Early 2000s American Modern Posters

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Paper

Robert Indiana LOVE Serigraph Framed Poster, 1971
Located in Stamford, CT
Robert Indiana LOVE 1971 serigraph poster. Silk-screen poster designed and created by Robert Indiana and published by Posters Originals.
 Newly framed in silver wooden frame.
 Frame ...
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1970s American Vintage Modern Posters

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Keith Haring Vintage NYC Pop Shop te Neues Art Lithograph Poster Red Room, 1993
Located in Studio City, CA
A rare and extremely hard-to-find limited vintage Keith Haring (1958-1990) Pop Shop Art offset lithograph poster titled "Red Room" featuring a lounging woman (with her Chanel logo necklace...
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1990s American Modern Posters

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Paper

Savignac, Original Vintage Poster, Maurice Baquet, Cello, Rainbow, Actor, 1980
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The Maurice Baquet poster was created by the French graphic designer Raymond Savignac in the 1980s. Artist: Raymond Savignac (1907-2002) Title : Maurice Baquet Date: circa 1980 Size...
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20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Large original poster of Mao Tse Tung, People's Republic of China, circa 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Large 1960s original poster of Mao Tse Toung, People's Republic of China, printed by the n°5 printing press in Beijing. Recent framework with antireflective plexiglass.
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1960s Chinese Vintage Modern Posters

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Plexiglass, Paper

Borgogno Barolo Italian poster
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Borgogno Barolo Italiano poster. Elegant Poster on laminate ready to hang on a wall.
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2010s Italian Modern Posters

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Laminate, Paper

1972 Olympic Poster by Oskar Kokoschka
Located in London, GB
This original vintage poster by Oskar Kokoschka is from the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany. Posters were important for the marketing of this event, the XX Olympiad, which...
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1970s German Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Snoopy Original Vintage Poster, 'It's Nice to Have a Friend', Circa 1958
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster from 1958 featuring SNOOPY by Schulz. This poster is in excellent condition and has been linen backed for preservation. CONDITION Good FORMAT L...
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1950s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Original Vintage Poster, SNOOPY 'It's Good To Have A Friend' Circa 1958
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster from 1958 featuring SNOOPY by Schulz. This poster is in excellent condition and has been linen backed for preservation. CONDITION Good FORMAT L...
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1950s American Vintage Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

1980's The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Georgia O'Keeffe Framed Exhibition Poster.
By Georgia O'Keefee
Located in Miami, FL
1980's The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Georgia O'Keeffe Framed Exhibition Poster. Features an image of an O'Keefe's 1918 work titled " Music, Pink and Blue" under glass and framed w...
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1980s American Vintage Modern Posters

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Aluminum

BORIS BUCAN Two Sheet Silk-Screen Original Vintage Poster, Zagreb Jazz Fair 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
BORIS BUCAN Two Sheet Silk-Screen Original Vintage Poster, Zagreb Jazz Fair 1980 This is an original vintage poster for the Croatian Jazz Festival, a witty design by poster artist, ...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Helmut Newton They Ara Coming, Castello di Rivoli 1994, rare and very big poster
Located in Renens, CH
Large poster for an exhibit at the Castello Di Rivoli September 24- November 20, 1994. Published by LEM, Milano Condition is excellent. Helmut Newton revolutionized nude photography...
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1990s European Modern Posters

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Paper

Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Cup, San Fransisco, Sailing Ship, Boat, 2013
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Boat Poster, San Fransisco, 2013 Artist: Razzia Title: Louis Vuitton Cup – San Fransisco - USA– July – August 2013 Dat...
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20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Classic Tuscany, Car Race, Italy, 1995
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Razzia,Original Louis Vuitton Classic Car Poster, Tuscany, 1995 Artist: Razzia Title: Louis Vuitton Italia Classica – Sulle strade della Toscana –...
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20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Trophy Cup, Auckland New Zealand, Sailboat, 2002
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Boat Poster,Auckland, New Zealand, Sailing Ship, 2002 Artist: Razzia Title: Louis Vuitton Cup – New Zealand – October 2...
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20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Theatre Poster by BORIS BUCAN 'Zagrebacki Simfonica Rirtz' 1983
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
An original poster by the Croatian artist, Boris Bucan. This is an original poster from 1983, it consists of four individual silk-screen panels. This poster is for the second concert...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton ACTS, Sailing Ship, Boat, Marseille Spinaker 2006
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Boat Poster, ACTS, Sailing Ship, 2006 Artist: Razzia Title: Louis Vuitton Acts 2004 – 2005 – 2006 – Marseille – Malmö S...
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20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Trophy, La Maddalena, Sailing Ship, Boat, 2010
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Razzia, Original Louis Vuitton Boat Poster, La Maddalena, Sailing Ship, 2010 Artist: Razzia Title: Louis Vuitton Trophy La Maddalena Sardegna Date: 20...
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20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Silk-Screen Poster by BORIS BUCAN, 'Klub SC Petkom 3 Linija' Circa 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was a recognised Croatian artist, he created many posters over his career. His distinctive style set him apart and his posters have today become very valuable collector i...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Silk-Screen Poster by BORIS BUCAN, 'HOTEL PALACE FLINDERS LANE GALLERY'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A unique poster by the Croatian artist, Boris Bucan promoting the Melbourne gallery, Flinders Lane Gallery. This is a stunning silk-screen poster printed in six individual panels. Bo...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Vintage Gorilla Wall Chart by Jung - Koch - Quentell
Located in Antwerp, BE
Gorilla wall chart by Jung - Koch - Quentell. A vintage wall school chart - pull down chart - roll up chart with Gorilla or anthropoid ape - the largest living primate which is a he...
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Mid-20th Century German Modern Posters

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Canvas, Paper

Original Silk-Screen Poster by BORIS BUCAN, '31ST X WORLD SAVINGS DAY' C. 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A unique poster by the Croatian artist, Boris Bucan. This is a stunning silk-screen poster printed in six individual panels. Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned poster artist...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Theatre Poster by BOIRS BUCAN, 'Fidelio' music by BEETHOVEN
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original six-panel silk screen poster by the Croatian artist, Boris Bucan. This poster by Boris Bucan is for the opera “Fidelio” with music by Beethoven. It tells the stor...
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1990s Croatian Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Retro Vintage Film Poster, 'WOODSTOCK' 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Retro Vintage Film poster, 'WOODSTOCK' 1970 This is the french poster for the classic rock documentary documenting the incredible histroy of t...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper, Linen

Cuban Animated Film Poster Juan Padron –Elpidio Valdes y el Fusil– by Bachs 1980
Located in Miami, FL
1980 Cuban vintage silkscreen poster for the animated movie from Juan Padron “Elpidio Valdes y el Fusil” designed by Bachs for ICAIC. The short propaga...
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1980s Cuban Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Peynet ‘Saint Valentine’ Murat Collection Original Vintage Poster, Circa 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster by the famous french illustrative artist, Raymond Peynet. Raymond Peynet (1908-1999) was a French artist celebrated ...
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1970s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Vintage Art Deco Poster by Leonetto Cappiello Mossant Hats
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Art Deco Framed Painting of Leonetto Cappiello Mossant Hats This is a poster created by the famous poster artist, Leonetto Cappiello. It wa...
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Posters

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Paper

Boris Bucan, Original Vintage Poster 'Hrvatsko Narodno Kazaliste Split' C. 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned graphic designer from Croatia. His graphic work has been widely exhibited all over the world. This is an original vintage poster which is...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Boris Bućan, Poster for Miroslav Šutej's Exhibition in Shanghai, Circa 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bućan, Poster for Miroslav Šutej's Exhibition in Shanghai, Circa 1980 Boris Bućan was a Croatian artist and graphic designer. He studied at the School of Applied Arts in Zagreb, the Academy of Visual Arts in Ljubljana and the Academy of Plastic Arts in Zagreb, graduating in painting in 1972. He is one of the most well-known Croatian poster...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

"Philadelphia" Vintage American Airlines Travel Poster, circa 1960s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original American Airlines travel poster from the 1960s advertising Philadelphia as one of their alluring destinati...
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1960s American Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

ORIGINAL Gouache Painting by Raymond Savignac, Circa 1960
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original work by the famous French artist, Raymond Savignac. Savignac was known for his playful creations and humorous designs. This work is work has been painted in Gou...
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1960s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Paint

Original French Vintage Advertising Poster SAVIGNAC 'Laden Automatique'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Poster for Savignac Laden Automatique. An advertisement designed in 1966 by Raymond Savignac. Raymond Savignac was one of France's most iconic and influential poste...
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1960s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

"Grand Canyon" Vintage Santa Fe Railroad Travel Poster by Oscar M. Bryn, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage Grand Canyon travel poster for the Santa Fe Southern Railway, issued in 1949. The poster promotes railroad travel...
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1940s American Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Boris Bucan Original Vintage Croatian Poster, 'Ivo Pogorelic'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned graphic designer from Croatia. His graphic work has been widely exhibited all over the world. This is an original vintage poster which is...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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Peynet ‘Le Langage Des Fleurs’ Original Vintage Poster, C. 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster by the famous french illustrative artist, Raymond Peynet. The poster translates to, 'The language of flowers' . Raymond Peynet (1908-1999) was a...
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1950s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Paint, Linen

Boris Bucan Original Vintage Croatian Poster, 'MUSICAL EXPERIENCE' 1980
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned graphic designer from Croatia. His graphic work has been widely exhibited all over the world. This is an original vintage poster which is...
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1980s Croatian Vintage Modern Posters

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"Bougnat" Gouache Painting by Raymond SAVIGNAC, Circa 1960
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original work by the famous French artist, Raymond Savignac. Savignac was known for his playful creations and humorous designs. This poster depicts the service of having i...
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1960s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Paint

ORIGINAL Gouache Painting by Raymond Savignac, Circa 1960 'Driving Instructor'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original work by the famous French artist, Raymond Savignac. Savignac was known for his playful creations and humorous designs. This work is work has been painted in Gou...
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1960s French Vintage Modern Posters

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Paint

Original Vintage Advertising Poster, Boris Bucan Televizija Zagreb
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned graphic designer from Croatia. His graphic work has been widely exhibited all over the world. This is an original vintage poster which is...
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Mid-20th Century Croatian Modern Posters

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Paper

James NORTHFIELD, Original Oil Painting Circa. 1940
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original oil painting by James Northfield. This paining has been signed by James Northfield himself, the painting has been done on board. It was most likely a study. The o...
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1940s Australian Vintage Modern Posters

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Wood, Paint

Rare Signed Alvin Loving Poster Exhibition at William Zierler Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Framed, signed poster by Alvin Loving (1935-2005). Below is an excerpt from an online source. Detroit-born Loving earned an MFA from the University of Michigan in 1965. He began hard edge painting of cubes and hexagons in 1967. After his first one-person exhibition at Gertrude Kasle gallery in Detroit in 1969, Loving launched his New York career. Gertrude Kasle provided Loving with letters of introduction to Harold Hart of Martha Jackson Gallery and Steven Wilde and Bert Walker, curators at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he was given a critically acclaimed, one-person exhibition in 1969. Loving was the first of a group of African-American artists whose work was shown at the Whitney during the 1970s, including Frank Bowling, Frederick Eversley, Melvin Edwards...
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1970s Vintage Modern Posters

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Chrome

Renato Volpini, Useless Characters and Machines, Lithograph
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Renato Volpini, lithograph 8 of 10 with characters, animals and his useless machines for space use.
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

Original 1st Ed. Roy Lichtenstein 'As I opened fire.' Triptych Stedelijk Lithos
By Roy Lichtenstein, Dutch Textile Museum
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Includes the complete three poster set. All vintage originals. Barn find! NETH, c.1966. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) : as i opened fire (Triptych). Offset Lithographs in colors on t...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Modern Posters

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Paper

'Perrier-Jouet Champagne' Original Vintage Poster, Raymond Peynet
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Perrier-Jouet Champagne' Original Vintage Poster, Raymond Peynet Raymond Peynet was a French artist and illustrator. Peynet was known for his illustrations of couples, specifically...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Posters

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Original Vintage Advertising Poster, 'PORSCHE' BY Hanns Lohrer, 1962
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Advertising Poster, 'PORSCHE' BY Hanns Lohrer, 1962 This is an original poster printed in Germany in 1962. The overall condition is very good. ARTIST Hanns Lohr...
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Mid-20th Century German Modern Posters

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Paper

Modern posters for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Modern posters for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage posters created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern posters made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original posters, popular names associated with this style include OWO Ceramics, Razzia (Gérard Courbouleix–Dénériaz), Georges Mathieu, and Boris Bucan . It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for posters differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $49 and tops out at $19,112 while the average work can sell for $967.

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