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Posters For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Folk Art
Vinci, Original Air France Poster, Woman World Earth Travel Flags, Art Deco 1937
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Air France poster from 1937 produced by Vinci to promote global tourism by air.
Artist: Vinci
Title: Air France – Réseau Aérien Mondial
Date: 1935
Size: 23.6 x 39.2 in. / 60 x 99.6...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original GPO poster by H S Williamson, Relays carrying the King’s messages, 1482
Located in London, Fitzrovia
a rare original GPO advertising poster by H S Williamson, 1935, coloured lithograph.
Relays carrying the King’s messages, 1482.
Do not forget to visit our storefront where you will f...
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20th Century British Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Roger Valerio, Original Vintage Golf Poster, Saint Nectaire Casino and Spa, 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-R. by Valerio-Saint Nectaire-Casino-Golf, c.1930
PLM poster to promote tourism in Saint-Nectaire. Located in Auvergne, Saint-Nectai...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Italian Lakes ENIT Como Lake Maggiore Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Oberitalienische Seen / Northern Italian Lakes featuring a stunning Art Deco view past a tall tree and village on the coastline towards hills and mountains on the horizon across the clear blue lake below a grey blue sky, the bold stylised title and logos on the margin below. Printed in Italy by the ENIT Italian tourist agency. Excellent condition, faint folds and...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster-Rouffé-Colin Candle-Car-Motor, 1930
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Rouffé-Colin Candle-Car-Motor, 1930
Advertising for the Colin candle, motor car candle, sold in Paris Office Industriel, 104 bis Bd Voltaire, Paris.
Add...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster 'Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations', 'c. 1938'
By Tom Purvis
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster 'Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations', (c. 1938)
This is an original poster from 1938 by Tom Purvis, this poster is also part of the collection of t...
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1930s Australian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Blackpool Lido Indoor Swimming Pool Seaside Resort Spa
Located in London, GB
Very large size original vintage travel advertising poster for the Lido indoor swimming pool Lytham Road S. Shore Blackpool featuring a stunning Art Deco design for the South Shore Lido (1923-1983) at the popular seaside resort...
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1920s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Vintage American Express Print, Framed, Retail, Advertisement, Poster, Amex
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage American Express print. An American, framed retail advertisement poster for Amex, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
C...
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Late 20th Century American Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Die Schonen Tage Von Aranjuez / Polisens Villebrad Original Swedish Film Poster
By Iwar Donner
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster from the 1933. The film is comedy starring Brigitte Helm, who made her name in Metropolis in 1927. The film is about a famous jewellery thief moving in a...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Posters
Original Poster Art Deco-vertès-simone Frévalles-actress-pearls, 1922
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Poster Art Deco-Vertès-Simone Frévalles-Actress-Pearls, 1922
Additional details:
Materials and techniques: colour lithography on paper...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Duco Enamel Art Deco Painter Lacquer France
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Duco a quick dry enamel lacquer Already Dry! / Duco Laque-Email A Sechage Rapide Deja Sec! Great design featuring a smiling painter sitting ba...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Bulgaria Balkans Angel Tilov Art Deco Bulgariya
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Bulgaria featuring a scenic view of a steam train travelling through a tunnel on a rocky cliff above a river with a bridge linking a riverside town to the railway and trees and mountains in the distance. Artwork by the award winning Bulgarian watercolour...
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1930s Bulgarian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster-Veino Pilon-Slovenian Art and Painting-Prague, 1927
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Chéret-Grévin Wax Museum Paris-Exposition, c.1900
Poster for the Javanese Exhibition at the Musée Grévin.
Additional Details:
Mate...
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20th Century Slovenian Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster La Grande Source Vittel Train 5 Hours From Paris Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway poster advertising summer travel by train from 25 May to 25 September to the spa resort town of Vittel in north-east France in five hours from Paris - La Gra...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Lago Di Garda Lake Riva Torbole Italy Sailing Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ENIT travel poster for Lake Garda / Lago Di Garda Riva Torbole in Trentino Italy featuring a stunning Art Deco design by the Italian art...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Air France Poster, Flamenco, Kimono, Sombrero, Kilt, Dewoitine, 1935
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Air France poster from the 1930s to promote World tourism.
Artist: Anonymous
Title: Air France
Date: circa 1935
Size: 12.2 x 19.5 in. / 31.1 x 49.5...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Art Deco Original French Poster, 'Quinquina Bonnet Apéritif De Luxe' c. 1925
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Art Deco Original French Poster, 'Quinquina Bonnet Apéritif De Luxe' c. 1925
This is an original Art Deco Vintage poster which has been linen backed for preservation. The bold backg...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Linen, Paper
Gid, Original Vintage Poster, Sahara Exhibition, Ethnography, Touareg Camel 1934
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for a Sahara Exhibition created by Raymond Gid in 1934.
Artist: Raymond Gid (1905-2000)
Title: Exposition du Sahara – Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle - M...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Authorised Edition Vintage Monaco Grand Prix Car Poster 1955 by J. Ramel
By Geo Ham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Authorised Edition Vintage Monaco Grand Prix Car Poster 1955 by J. Ramel
This poster is advertising the Grand Prix
Printed by IDL Paris, circa 1980
Size: 27 x 39 inch.
rtist
Fa...
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1980s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Other
Original Vintage Poster Air France Passengers Mail Freight Worldwide Flags Globe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Air France poster advertising Passagerer, Post og Gods over hele Verden / Passengers, Mail and Freight Worldwide. Colourful Art Deco design depicting the silhouette ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Bernard Lancy, Original Vintage Movie Poster, Smiling Shoe Shine Black Lion 1940
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Artist: Bernard Lancy (1892 - 1964)
Lancy started working as a poster artist, mainly for cinema. He worked from the 1920's until the late 1950's.
In 1945 he was named Honorary President of the Syndicat des Affichistes de Cinéma - The Society of Cinema / Movie Poster Artists.
He is particularly known for his poster for La Grande Illusion by Jean Renoir (1937) which he produced for the film's release in 1946. This highly symbolic poster represents a statuesque German soldier of the First World War and a white dove, caught and wounded in barbed wire.
He is also the artist for a number of early Walt Disney posters...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Franz Griessler, Original Art Deco Poster, Farberei, Dry cleaner, Vienna 1920's
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster Färberei - Wien - Ûbernimmt Hauswäsche from the 1920's by Franz Anton Griessler.
Franz Anton Griessler is an Austrian painter and graphic art artist, born in 1897 in Vienna (Austria) who died in 1974 in Honolulu (Hawaii).
He studied painting in Vienna and designed his first posters after World War I.
He opened a design studio in partnership with Gewista, a large outdoor advertising agency, for whom he produced a number of successful campaigns.
This is a wonderful whimsical...
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20th Century Austrian Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster Orient Line Australia Art Deco Summer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco cruise travel poster advertising Orient Line Tours and Round Voyage Tickets - It's Summer In Australia - featuring a great design by Frederick Halford Coven...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Authorised Edition Vintage Monaco Grand Prix Car Poster by Geo Ham, 1935
By Geo Ham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Authorized edition vintage Monaco grand prix car poster by Geo Ham, 1935
This poster is advertising the Grand Prix
Printed by IDL, Paris, circa 1980
Size: 27 x 39 inch.
Artist
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1980s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Other
Alo, Original Art Deco Travel Poster, Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, Donkey, 1922
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Art Deco Travel Poster-Alo-Normandie-Bayeux-Calvados, 1922
Additional Information:
Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on pap...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
"Footlight Parade / Viva le Donne" Original Italian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Footlight Parade (1933) This poster features a great Art Deco design.
The film starred James Cagney, Joan Blondell a...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Chevrolet Classic Car Advertising Poster Most Elegant Small Car
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster for Chevrolet, the most elegant of the small cars / der eleganteste der kleinen wagen. Great artwork by ...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Huge Frantisek Drtikol Exhibition Poster in Prag, Czechoslovakia, 2003
By Frantisek Drtikol
Located in Praha, CZ
- 2003 Prag Exhibition, unused
- Original, no reprint
- Good original condition with minor damages, see the pictures.
- jr.
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Early 2000s Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Ski Poster Winter Sports Carinthia Austria Skier Mountain View
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Winter Sports in Carinthia Austria featuring artwork by Hubert Lechner (1903-1990) of a smiling skier wearing a hat and holding a ski pole, loo...
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1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Sudbahnhotel Semmering Ski Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the Sudbahnhotel in Semmering featuring a great Art Deco style image of people skiing down the slopes in front of the imposing grand hotel with snowy mountains on the horizon and snow-topped trees on the sides with a group of skiers relaxing in the foreground, one man smoking a pipe and the others holding their wooden skis and poles. Artwork by the Austrian artist Hermann Kosel (1896-1983). The Sudbahnhotel / South Railway...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Vintage Poster Swiss Schaffhauser Wolle Wool Yarn Knitting 1935 Baby in Pink
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Original vintage poster Swiss Schaffhauser Wolle Wool Yarn Knitting 1935 Baby.
This is an original 1st printing of this poster by Viktor Rutz Zuric...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Posters
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Paper
"Jazz Heaven / Kanske Nagon Jag Akskar" Original Swedish Film Poster
By Olle Hagdahl
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for Melville Brown 1929 comedy starring Sally O'Neil , Johnny Mack Brown
This beautiful Swedish poster is designed by...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Posters
Original Antique Advertising Poster Ovaltine Cold Refreshing Drink Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for The Ideal Summer Drink Ovaltine Cold Delicious Refreshing Sustaining featuring a great illustration ...
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1920s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original 1920s Travel Poster Advertising New Mexico and Arizona Rockies by Train
By Kenneth and William Willmarth
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for New Mexico and Arizona Rockies land of history and mystery travel by train. Stunning Art Deco design by the brothers Kenneth and Willia...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
S W, Original Poster Travel Poster, Vendée Venise Verte, Georges Clemenceau 1931
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Travel Poster for the Vendée and the Venise Verte dating from 1931 and signe S. W. (that we have unfortunately been unable to identify further).
This travel poster ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Art Deco Fortune Magazine Cover May, 1938
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulous original Art Deco Fortune Magazine cover May, 1938.
The cover of Fortune Magazine for May 1938, framed and mat...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster-Lee Kerry-chester-angleterre-pays De Galles, 1953
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Lee Kerry-Chester-Angleterre-Pays De Galles, 1953
Poster for the ancient Roman walled city of Chester located near Wales on the River Dee showing the historical and medieval buildings within the wall boundary, including Chester cathedral and the towers and gates of the wall, a horse racing on Chester Racecourse (the oldest racecourse in England), a Roman Centurion, a Civil War soldier firing a canon, a fisherman and small town on the other side of the river linked by bridges, monks farming, the English flag...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Vintage Chinese Hatamen Cigarettes Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This framed advertising poster for Hatamen Cigarettes from the late 1920s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the Craft of color lithography. These adver...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster For Cote Basque Coast SNCF French Railway Travel Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage SNCF railway travel poster for the Basque Coast - Cote Basque Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais - featuring a great Art Deco d...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Authorized Edition Vintage "Monaco Grand Prix Car" Poster by Geo Ham, 1933
By Geo Ham
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Authorized edition vintage "Monaco Grand Prix car" poster by Geo Ham, 1933
This poster is advertising the Grand Prix
Printed by IDL, Paris, circa 1980
Size: 27 x 39 inch.
Monaco ...
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1980s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Other
Original Vintage Poster Fruhling In Wiesbaden Spring Flowers Goddess Golf Clubs
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Fruhling in Wiesbaden - featuring stunning artwork by the notable German poster artist Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949) depicting a statuesque goddess sty...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster NYK Line Around The World Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Around the World Eastward or Westward with NYK Line - featuring a stunning streamlined Art Deco design by the Swedish artist Gosta Georgi...
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1930s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Intourist Poster Soviet Armenia Mountains Art Deco Car Railway
By Sergey Igumnov
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Soviet Armenia issued by the state travel company Intourist featuring a stunning Art Deco style image of elegantly dr...
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1930s Russian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Lausanne Ouchy Switzerland Art Deco Vera Hirzel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Lausanne-Ouchy Suisse Schweiz Switzerland featuring a stunning Art Deco illustration depicting a scenic view over the historical Gothic spires of the Cathedral of Lausanne and the renovated Chateau d'Ouchy medieval castle between trees with Lake Geneva / Lac Leman...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster BIF British Industries Fair London 1935 Art Deco Design
By Tom Purvis
Located in London, GB
Original vintage event poster for the BIF British Industries Fair held in London from 18 February to 3 March 1935 Engineering and Hardware sectio...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
1926 Art Deco Publicity Poster by Erberto Carboni
Located in Weesp, NL
This rare 1926 publicity poster designed by Erberto Carboni is a captivating piece of early 20th-century advertising art. Created to promote the Boschi Luigi & F.lli (Brothers) brand of tomato preserves, the poster stands as an iconic example of the vibrant visual language that defined Italian advertising during the early days of modern graphic design.
Erberto Carboni was a renowned Italian designer, recognized for his bold use of color and minimalistic yet impactful compositions. His work was instrumental in shaping modern advertising in Italy, contributing significantly to the fields of graphic design and corporate identity. Born in 1899, Carboni became famous for his sleek, futuristic designs, which perfectly encapsulated the optimism and modernity of the post-war period. In this 1926 poster...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Linen, Wood, Paper
Framed French Art Deco Panel showing a Scene with Elephants in a Jungle Pattern
Located in Ulm, DE
Jungle scene with elephants, framed
Dimensions:
Width: 108 cm
Height: 74 cm
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Posters
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Wood
Original Vintage Carnival Poster Quodlibet Masken-Ball Casino Basel Masked Ball
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Quodlibet Masken-Ball / Masquerade Masked Ball at the Basel lent carnival in Switzerland held at the Casino-Basel on the evening of Monday...
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1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Der Mittag Uberall Newspaper Electricity Aviation Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage newspaper advertising poster for Der Mittag Uberall featuring an Art Deco design depicting the figure of a man against a blue shaded sky background with crossed elec...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Merton Of The Movies Tyrone Guthrie Theatre Comedy Play
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Merton of the Movies George S. Kaufman Marc Connelly Minnesota Theatre Company Tyrone Guthrie Theatre featuring a stun...
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1960s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Antique Advertising Poster Renault Billancourt Seine Classic Car Models
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for the French automobile manufacturer Renault featuring a great design showing different car models produced at their Billancourt (Seine) factory...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
'For Heaven's Sake' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Eric Rohman, Swedish, 1926
By Eric Rohman
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this extremely rare poster was designed by prolific poster artist Eric Rohman for the original Swedish release of the action-packed 1926 American silent comedy 'For Heaven's Sake,' starring Harold Lloyd - one of the biggest stars of the silent era. After several years at Pathé, Lloyd made his debut at Paramount with this delightful slapstick classic, in which his trademark go-getting 'glasses' character appears as Uptown Boy J. Harold Manners, a millionaire playboy who falls for a Downtown Girl. With a dazzling finale featuring a double-decker bus careering through the city streets, the comedy of thrills was one of Lloyd's most successful films and the 12th highest grossing film of the silent era.
Rohman's whimsical lunar poster design was inspired by a charming scene in which Harold woos his Downtown Girl (Jobyna Ralston) by the romantic light of a crescent moon - which is then revealed to be part of a neon sign for Crescent Laundry! Lushly printed in lapis blue, black and a contrasting orange, the enchanting Art Deco style artwork pictures the loved up...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Orient Line Australia McKnight Kauffer Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Orient Line to Australia - featuring a great design by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster Johannesburg The Metropolis Of South Africa
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Johannesburg the Metropolis of South Africa featuring a stunning Art Deco design depicting the stylised silhouette of a couple looking out at the v...
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1930s South African Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Open Air Plays Szeged Hungary Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Open Air Plays in Szeged Hungary from 28 July to 15 August 1939 including Aida The Tragedy of Man Hungarian Passion Play Byzantium Turando...
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1930s Hungarian Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Event Poster Duisburg Art Deco Catholic Journeymens Association
Located in London, GB
Original vintage event poster - To Duisburg on the Rhine for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Catholic Journeymen's Association / Nach Dui...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Road Safety Propaganda Poster Obey The Traffic Art Deco Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage road safety propaganda poster - Obey the traffic officer He watches over your life / Obeeix l'agent de trafic Ell vetlla per la teva vida. Great Art Deco design depicting a traffic policeman in uniform holding out one arm as a man in a suit and cap crosses the road showing a white arrow on the ground and a tram and classic Rolls Royce car...
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1930s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage French Car Poster Renault Femme Elegante Coupe Cabriolet Coach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco style car advertising poster for the French automobile manufacturer Renault (founded 1899) - Femme Elegante - featuring a great illustration of an elegant lady driving a Classic vintage Renault...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Antique and Vintage Posters
Add a welcome personal touch to your space and tie your distinctive interior scheme together by introducing antique and vintage posters to any and every room of your home.
In the late 19th century, following the advent of text-heavy posters printed from woodblocks for use in taverns and shop windows, hand-drawn poster art had become commonplace in regions such as France, England and the United States. Well-known illustrators were commissioned to produce decorative posters to advertise political campaigns, theatrical events, books, household goods and other items. Early poster artists used a printmaking technique called lithography, which sees drawings or paintings created on a stone (or metal) surface with an oil-based substance, such as a greasy crayon or tusche (an oily wash). The image is eventually affixed to the surface by means of a chemical reaction, and ink adheres to certain sections of the surface while non–image areas are made to repel the ink.
If you wanted a color lithograph in the early days, the number of stones prepared had to match the number of colors you commissioned for the poster. French painter Jules Chéret, widely known as the father of the modern poster, designed some of history's most popular lithographic posters that featured color. Today, Chéret’s art is highly collectible, along with original works by Czech painter and decorative artist Alphonse Mucha, whose posters advertising theatrical productions helped define Art Nouveau.
Over time, poster artists transitioned to more advanced techniques. Using silkscreens, woodblocks and photolithography, painters and illustrators printed larger quantities at a faster rate.
If you’ve finally tracked down that vintage movie poster, mid-century modern promotional travel poster or other work and you’re looking to find out if it is valuable, distinguishing between an original poster and a reproduction can be complicated. A professional appraiser can work with you on factors such as rarity, assessing the physical condition of your poster and authenticating your piece. For now, take care of your new acquisition because conserving posters is essential in helping them retain their value. A practical conservation method is to have the work mounted on archival, acid-free paper and thin artist’s canvas, then enclosing it in a sturdy frame. (And here is a primer on how to hang wall art, be it arranged gallery-style or otherwise.)
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