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Period: Mid-20th Century
Andy Warhol Flowers (Leo Castelli Gallery Mailer, 1964)
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph in colors on wove paper, published in conjunction with an exhibition—Warhol’s breakout “Flowers” show—held at New York's Leo Castelli Gallery from November 21-Decem...
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Restored SNCF French Rail Travel Poster, Provence c.1957
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Original vintage railway travel poster for France Provence exhibited in the streets of France to promote travel to that region. Issued by the state owned French national railw...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
The Night of the Demon / Curse of the Demon
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1957 British horror film The Night of the Demon.
This film was released in the US under the name Curse of the Demon.
This film was directed by Jacques...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Black Leopard Framed Vintage Poster
Located in Savannah, GA
This large and very colorful vintage Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Baily Circus ink on paper poster features a charging black leopard with a ferocious grimace. Printed by the Erie Li...
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
BR Western Highlands Original Vintage Travel Poster by Edward Halliday, 1950
Located in Devon, GB
Produced for British Railways to promote rail travel to the Scottish Highlands, this scarce British quad royal travel poster for the Western Highlands features a picturesque and peac...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Lolita
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Stanley Kubrick's controversial 1962 film staring
James Mason and Shelley Winters and Peter Sellers.
This poster is conservation linen backed.
This piece...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Cassandre, Original Art Deco Poster, Dubo Dubon Dubonnet, Quinine Liquor, 1932
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Art Deco advertising poster for the Dubonnet liqueur brand created in 1932 by Cassandre.
Artist: Adolphe Mouron - Cassandre (1901-1968)
Title: Dubo – Dubon - Dubonnet
Date: 1932
Size: 17.7 x 45.7 in. / 45 x 116 cm.
Printer: Alliance Graphique, 54 rue Marc Seguin...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster 1935 Monaco Grand Prix Race Geo Ham Art Deco Mercedes
By Geo Ham
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for the 1935 Monaco Grand Prix car race held on 22 April featuring a striking Art Deco design by Geo Ham (Georges Hamel; 1900-1972) featuring a Mercedes W25, ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original vintage The Rolling Stones poster "Sympathy for the Devil"
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Original Danish movie poster for "Sympathy for the Devil" - in danish "sympati for Satan", 1968. The poster is made by Kirkeby Rosengreen (right bottom corner) and is marked "rented out" by Sven...
Category
Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Oversized 1971 Piatti Muhammad Ali Frazier Boxing Exhibition Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
This original, oversized, offset lithograph exhibition poster, called "The Fight" was created by award winning, Swiss graphic artist, Celestino Piatti in 1971
Iconic, Rare, Origin...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Deadly is the Female / Gun Crazy
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1950 film Deadly is the Female.
This American film noir was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and stars Peggy Cummins and John Dall. It tells the story of a...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The 46th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design Poster
Located in New York, NY
First edition, 4-color offset printed poster of this influential and now iconic Psychedelic-era image, commissioned as a call for entries for the 46th annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design. Designed by Tom Daly, who also did the body painting with theatrical greasepaint and water-soluble acrylics on model Wandy Embry, and photographed by Kenneth Harris...
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
David Hockney Park Hotel Munich Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster Denmark
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
David Hockney Park Hotel Munich Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster Denmark
1972 David Hockney Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster entitled Park Hotel Munich published by the Louisiana Museum of Art. Denmark.
Beautiful, calming, minimalist, David Hockney lithograph...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1961
Located in Devon, GB
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...
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original 1961 Exhibition Poster - "Dibujos de Picasso" by Pablo Picasso - Framed
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Own a rare piece of art history with this original exhibition poster, "Dibujos de Picasso", created for the renowned 1961 exhibition at Sala Gaspar in Barcelona. This authentic litho...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Travel Poster Cuba- Paradise of the Tropics. Framed. Circa 1950s
Located in Miami, FL
Original Vintage Travel Poster Cuba- Paradise of The Tropics. Framed. Printed in Cuba Circa 1950s
In excellent original condition with minor signs of wear and age. Please see close u...
Category
Cuban Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
It’s Quite True! – Original Storm P. Lithograph (1940s) – Rare Danish Satirical
Located in Kastrup, DK
It’s Quite True – Remember, a Small Feather Can Turn into Five Hens!
Original lithographic print from the 1940s, mounted on board in a black-painted wooden frame with glass. Slight w...
Category
Danish Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
The Wizard of Oz
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house still for The Wizard of Oz.
These British front of house stills are the equivalent to Lobby cards in the US.
The film came out in 1939. This still wou...
Category
English Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
'Batman' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1966
Located in Devon, GB
Fabulously kitsch and colourful, this rare Japanese B2 poster advertised the first full length feature film of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th century Fox in 1966 as...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
John Lennon Original Vintage Poster by Richard Avedon for Look magazine, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
Beatles manager Brian Epstein commissioned Richard Avedon to photograph the band and design a set of posters that would visually capture the new psychedelic direction of 'Sgt. Pepper...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Zermatt Matterhorn Ski Switzerland Cervin Perren
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Zermatt 1620m 5310ft Matterhorn / Cervin Schweiz Suisse Switzerland featuring a view of the snow topped Matterhorn mountain in the pop...
Category
Swiss Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Jamaica Calling You for Your Holidays Caribbean
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Caribbean travel poster - Jamaica Calling You for Your Holidays - featuring bright and colourful artwork of a smiling...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Rare XL Original Alexander Calder Museum Exhibition Lithograph Poster A+
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
80s ULTRA RARE, Vintage, Original Alexander Calder, Large Format, Modern Exhibition Lithograph Poster published by the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, 1980-1981.
NEVER REMOVED FRO...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Romare Bearden, 1911-1988, “Martin Luther King, Jr. Mountain Top” Lithograph
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
29.75 x 19.5 in. (75.57 x 49.53 cm)
Romare Bearden’s screenprint celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whom we honor today. Bearden created this artwork in the same...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
James Bond 'Dr. No' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
Based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, the 1962 release of 'Dr. No' first introduced the world to one of the most enduring characters in Western cinema and kicked off one of ...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Pablo Picasso Poster, 1957, Galerie Louise Leiris
By Pablo Picasso, Mourlot
Located in Sharon, CT
Important early original poster by Picasso, printed by his lithographer, Mourlot. Paris, for an exhibition of paintings at Galerie Louise Leiris, 1957.
Literature: Bloch, 1275; Mo...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
'The Endless Summer' Original Us Film Poster by John Van Hamersveld, 1965
Located in Devon, GB
With its laid back surfer silhouettes against a day-glo sunset, John Van Hamersveld''s poster art for Bruce Brown's seminal surf film 'The Endless Summer' has become a cultural pheno...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Dr. No
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for Dr. No starring Sean Connery is the first James Bond film. Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. The film was the first of a succ...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
'Air France Paris' Original Vintage Travel Poster by Bernard Villemot, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
Air France commissioned French artist Bernard Villemot to design this dazzling poster to promote tourism to Paris in 1967. Primarily printed in blue and green, the painterly design f...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Toucan Opening Time Is Guinness Time
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Guinness advertising poster - Opening time is Guinness Time - featuring an iconic design depicting the trademark smiling ...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
James Bond 'Dr. No' Original Vintage British Quad Movie Poster, 1962
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce and sought after country-of-origin poster for the first release of the first James Bond film. Based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name, the 1962 release of 'Dr. No' fir...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Shinju Ten No Amijina / Double Suicide
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese movie poster for the 1969 starring Kamatari Fujiwara and Tokie Hidari and directed by Masahiro Shinoda.
The poster was designed by Kiyoshi Awazu (1929-2009) one of...
Category
Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Leonetto Cappello (Italian 1875-1942) Framed Original Vintage Poster for Cognac
Located in San Francisco, CA
A dramatic Italian poster by the well-known Italian graphic artist Leonetto Cappello for Cognac Pellisson. The delightful image depicts a small figure moving an enormous barrell of c...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1969 classic western staring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katherine Ross. This film was directed by George Roy Hill. This size poster would have ...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Iraqi Airways State Railways Middle East Iraq
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Iraqi Airways (founded in 1945) Iraqi State Railways (founded 1905; renamed Iraqi Republic Railways in 1956) featuring an Iraqi Airways Yi-ABP pass...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster French Riviera SNCF Bezombes Cote d'Azur
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster for The French Riviera / Cote d'Azur issued by the French National Railroads SNCF Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais featuring a colou...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Monte Carlo Girl Pin Up Domergue Diving Board
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Monte Carlo featuring an elegant pin-up style image by the French painter Jean Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) of a young blonde lady sitting on a div...
Category
Monacan Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Sound of Music
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the classic 1965 Musical starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer. The film received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Psychedelic 1967 Poster by Nancy Conner
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A colorful and bright vintage psychedelic poster declaring " Love Is Where It's At " picturing a imp floating in the air . Designed by Nan...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
"Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Newell Convers Wyeth, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is an original World War II poster by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945). The poster features bold lettering at bottom reading "Buy War Bonds," with a dynamic depiction of Uncl...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Nice Work Happiness Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Nice Travail et Joie / Work and Happiness H. Matisse - featuring colourful artwork by the renowned French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives These Four Walls Fougasse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator, Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965), one of the posters from the popular Careless Talk C...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Movie Poster James Bond On Her Majesty's Secret Service 007
Located in London, GB
Original vintage French release movie poster for the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service / Au Service Secret De Sa Majeste - James Bond 007 est de retour! / James Bond 00...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1967 Marc Chagall Metropolitan Opera - Die Zauberflote Mozart Poster
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Featuring unparalleled color saturation and rich texture, this poster was designed in 1967 by Marc Chagall for the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. This work was created for th...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
LMS LNER Loch Awe Original Vintage Travel Poster by Norman Wilkinson, 1930s
Located in Devon, GB
Produced for London Midland & Scottish Railway and London & North Eastern Railway to promote rail travel to the Scottish Highlands, this scarce British quad royal travel poster by No...
Category
British Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
St. Louis Blues Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US movie poster for the 1958 music biography staring Nat King Cole, Eartha Kit, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Ruby Dee.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
'Persona' Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster for the 1966 Swedish film written and director by Ingmar Bergman, and stars Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann and Margaretha Krook. T...
Category
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Anatomical Human Front Muscular Structure Chart, 1961, Germany
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Vintage pull-down anatomical human chart, print of a painting for Dr. Neues & Co Kempen, Germany. The chart is part of the series: Biologisch-hygienisches Unterichtswerk des Deutsche...
Category
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Route Poster Air France Planisphere Map Lucien Boucher
Located in London, GB
Original vintage planisphere travel route map poster promoting Air France the global air network of the French national airline carrier. Design by Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) featurin...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
"Man of La Mancha" Broadway Poster, Anta Washington Square Theatre, 1977
Located in San Diego, CA
Highly collectible "Man of La Mancha" first edition Broadway poster from Anta Washington Square theatre production, circa 1977. The print is in excell...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Metal
Audrey Hepburn 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Original Movie Poster, Japanese, 1969
Located in Devon, GB
Candy colors combine to perfection with the adorable Audrey on this charming Japanese B2 poster for a 1969 re-release of the perennially popular 'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' Holly Golightly would be Audrey Hepburn’s defining role, establishing her status as one of the greatest screen legends and style icons of all time. It seems unbelievable now that Truman Capote, author of the novella on which the movie was based, had his heart set on Marilyn Monroe for the part. Monroe pulled out of the running when her acting coach advised her not to play 'a lady of the night...
Category
Japanese Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
"The Brides of Dracula / Le Spose di Dracula" Original Italian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian Movie poster for the 1960 Hammer Horror film staring Peter Cushing and directed by Terence Fisher. Brides of Dracula was one of the ...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Bonal Aperitif Drink AM Cassandre Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster for the wine based aperitif Bonal Gentian Quina Des Montagnes De La Grande Chartreus / From the Mountains of the Grande Chartreuse featuring a fun Art Deco design by the notable poster artist A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Mouron Cassandre; 1901-1968) depicting a white figure leaning...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Batman (1966)
Located in London, GB
Batman (1966)
Original British Quad (30 x 40 Inches)
This is the super rare UK quad for the 1966 version of Batman, starring Adam West and Bert Ward, with artwork by Chantrell.
This...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Dial M for Murder
Located in London, GB
Original American film poster for the Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1954 thriller Dial M for Murder.
This film starred Ray Milland, Grace Kelly and Rober Cummings.
This piece is conserv...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Dubonnet Alcohol Drink Cassandre Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster for the fortified wine based aperitif Dubonnet (since 1846) featuring an iconic illustration by the notable poster artist d'apres A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Mouron Cassandre; 1901-1968) depicting a stylised design as three images of a man wearing a bowler hat and suit sitting at a small table and pouring himself a drink from a Dubonnet bottle into a full glass of wine with his other arm over the back of the chair, the text below the images running diagonally as the colour forms over the man in white and black against a pink, blue and yellow shaded background - Dubo Dubon Dubonnet vin tonique au quinquina - the text repeated in black and white on the sides and rest of the text divided by the logo below - Grande Chartreuse liqueur...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Roy Lichtenstein "Temple" (Castelli Mailer)
Located in New York, NY
Mailer/poster published to announce Roy Lichtenstein’s Landscapes exhibition held at New York’s Leo Castelli Gallery from October 24th to November 19th, 1964. Offset lithograph in co...
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso 1954 Mourlot Poster reproducing a 'Blue Period' Painting
Located in Sharon, CT
Picasso 1954 Mourlot poster reproducing one of his 'Blue Period' paintings.
Category
French Expressionist Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
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