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Posters For Sale
Superman Vintage 1966 US Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Ha! I told you chains of green kryptonite could not hold me!
Fabulous original 1960s Superman poster - Printed by G & F Posters NYC official licensees Copyright National Periodical ...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Batman 1966 Italian 2 Foglio Film Movie Poster, Superhero, Linen Backed
Located in Bath, Somerset
The very rare and very fabulous original Italian 2 Foglio film poster for Batman. The poster with plenty of Kapow!
This vintage movie poster from 1966 has ...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Babette Goes to War 1959 French Petite Red, White and Blue Film Posters
Located in Bath, Somerset
Great country-of-origin French poster for 50s comedy Babette s'en va-t-en Guerre (Babette Goes to War), starring Brigitte Bardot. Super striking full set of three making a wonderfull...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
"1984 Los Angeles Olympics" Poster
Located in San Diego, CA
"1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics" poster, circa 1980. This is a vintage print and not a reproduction. The piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 21.75" x 28.5"; it ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1970 western Two Mules for Sister Sara. This film was directed by Don Siegel and starred Clint Eastwood and Shirley MacLaine.
This poster is the...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Baroni, Original Vintage Boxing Poster, Boxer Caricature, Sports, Pugilist, 1910
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Lithograph signed P.B. (Paul Baroni) depicting a pugilist / boxer created circa 1910.
Artist: P.B. (Paul Baroni)
Title: The Boxer
Date: vers 1910
Size: 18.7 x 18.5 in / 47.5 x 47 cm...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster, Lyon Science Congress, Torch Flame, Scientist, 1926
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Artist: Anonymous
Title: Exposition pour l’avancement des Sciences - Lyon - 1926
Date: 1926
Size (w x h): 31.5 x 47.6 in / 80 x 121 cm
Printer: Société Nouvelle - AFFICHES GAILLARD -...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage 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
1930s British Vintage 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
1950s British Vintage 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
1960s French Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Dracula 1958 UK Quad Film Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
The fantastic first-year-of-release, country-of-origin UK Quad film poster for classic Hammer horror Dracula. The first in the highly successful and lauded Hammer Dracula series. We ...
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
'Star Wars' Original Style C Printer's Proof One Sheet Movie Poster, 1977
Located in Devon, GB
A rare uncut printer's proof of the International Style C US one sheet for 'Star Wars', with artwork by prolific British poster artist Tom William Chantrell. When the studio realised...
Category
1970s British Space Age Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Batman and Robin Vintage 1966 US Film Movie Poster, Carmine Infantino
Located in Bath, Somerset
Batman and Robin vintage 1966 US Film Movie Poster, Carmine Infantino
Robin - The Boy Wonder!
Fabulous original 1960s Robin The Boy Wonder poster - Printed by G & F Posters NYC off...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
THE CINCINNATI KID 1966 French Grande Film Movie Poster, GEORGES ALLARD
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore Georges Allard's artwork that features on this original first-year-of-release French Grande film poster for Steve McQueen classic The Cincinnati Kid. Comfortably, in our opi...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Antique Winter Travel Poster Palace Hotel St Moritz Switzerland
Located in London, GB
Original antique winter travel poster for the Palace Hotel St. Moritz Switzerland featuring a stunning design by the notable Swiss artist Emil Cardinaux (1877-1936) depicting a group...
Category
1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
VERTIGO - Hitchcock, 1958 US 1 SHEET Film Movie Poster, SAUL BASS
By Saul Bass
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original film movie poster for Hitchcock classic Vertigo. Saul Bass' seminal and most sought-after poster from 1958. In fabulous linen-backed Near Mint/Mint condition.
Saul Bass (19...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Dracula Prince of Darkness 1966 UK Quad Film Movie Poster, Chantrell
Located in Bath, Somerset
This UK quad film poster for Dracula: Prince of Darkness is one of the holy grails for Hammer Horror collectors. Chantrell presents suitably gory imagery...
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Charade R1969 Italian 2 Foglio Film Poster, Rodolfo Valcarenghi
Located in Bath, Somerset
The impossibly rare and very beautiful Italian early re-release film poster for Charade starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Rodolfo Valcarenghi design is easily the best for the ...
Category
20th Century Italian Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Scarface
Located in London, GB
Original US photographic production still for Al Pacino's classic 1983 gangster film.
This film was directed by John Frankenheimer.
This piece is framed in a Sapele wood frame with ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Pop Art Poster by Seymour Chwast - "Earth Day 1991 New York City"
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...
Category
1990s American Modern 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
1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Patrick Nagel Print With Purple Neon Accent, 1980s
Located in Miami, FL
Patrick Nagel print with purple neon accent from the 1980s.
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Posters
Materials
Glass, Paper
Original Vintage Rum Poster, Rhum Negrita Old Nick, West Indies, 1899
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original vintage poster-Rhum Negrita Old Nick-West Indies-Sugar Cane, 1899
We see a West Indie woman in a striped outfit. She holds a tray in her hands on that is placed a bottle ...
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Italian Vintage Poster-Rossi M.-China Martini-Quinquina-Ski, 1950
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Rossi M.-China Martini-Quinquina-Ski, 1950
Promotion poster for the Italian appetizer China Martini.
It can also be drunk hot, mixed with warm lemon water. ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Folis Bergere Poster by ERTE
By Erté
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Cabaret Folis Bergere advertising framed poster designed by ERTE. Poster is linen backed and protected behind acrylic sheet. Comes with certificate of authenticity.
Category
1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Affiche originale FAP ANIS par Delval Gaby Deslys 1920 French Riviera Vintage
By Delval
Located in London, England
Très rare affiche originale d'époque pour la publicité d'une boisson à l'anis, ce que l'on appelle aujourd'hui le Pastis.
Signée dans la plaque par Robert Derval
Le mannequin, vedet...
Category
1920s French Art Nouveau Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster-Raymond Savignac-Gitanes-Tobacco-Cigarette, 1953
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Raymond Savignac-Gitanes-Tabaco-French, 1953
Poster for the promotion of Gypsy Cigarettes, we see a woman smoking a cigarette with a cigarette holder. She is holding a packet of Gypsy Cigarettes in her other hand. The poster is divided into three colors, yellow, blue and green.
Gitanes is a brand of cigarettes produced by Seita, a subsidiary of the Imperial Brands group, created in 1910 at the same time as the Gauloises brand.
In 2014, part of its production was relocated to Poland following the closure of the Seita plant in Nantes.
The first Gitanes packages were designed in 1927 by Maurice Giot. This one represents Spanish symbols like the tambourine, a fan, and oranges.
During the Second World War, the gypsy dancer embodies the brand, she and her large dress are designed by A. Molusson. The concept was taken up by Max Ponty...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Paper
Cyrk Three Basset Hounds 1970s Polish B1 Circus Poster, ROMAN CIESLEWICZ
Located in Bath, Somerset
The fabulous and much celebrated Three Basset Hounds Cyrk poster by one of the Masters of the Polish School of Posters, Roman Cieslewicz. In museum collections around the world inclu...
Category
20th Century Polish 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
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Yellow Submarine", 1968 Australian Daybill Film Movie Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic original Australian Daybill film poster for Beatles' classic Yellow Submarine. A rare and wonderful poster.
This vintage movie poster ...
Category
20th Century Australian Posters
Materials
Paper
King Kong 1933 French Petite Film Movie Poster, Pierre Pigeot
By Pierre Pigeot
Located in Bath, Somerset
Incredibly rare first-year-of-release French film poster for landmark American monster film King Kong. We simply adore the design by Pierre Pigeot, a small, but certainly mighty, pos...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Paper
THE TIME MACHINE 1960 French Grande Film Poster, ROGER SOUBIE
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic first-year-of-release French Grande film poster for 60s classic sci-fi The TIme Machine. Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, scientist and inventor, Alexander ...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Get Carter
Located in London, GB
Original US production still for Michael Caine's Classic, 1971 gangster thriller.
Directed by Mike Hodges. This is one of the best images from the film.
The piece is conservation fr...
Category
1970s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Alexander Calder ANTEATER Anniversary Museum Exhibition Litho Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original 1996 Alexander Calder Exhibition Lithograph Print entitled, "Anteater", honoring the 60th Anniversary of the Louisiana Museum in Denmark
Beautiful minimalist, bold and foca...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original "Star Wars", Droids 1977 Film Movie Poster US Commercial - Linen Backed
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic original Authorised Commercial Star Wars poster from 1977 printed by Factors Inc. featuring favourite droid duo C-3PO and R2D2!
This vintage poster has been professionally...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
BULLITT Original US Film Movie Poster, International 1968, Steve McQueen
Located in Bath, Somerset
The very rare, stunning US International 1 Sheet film poster for Steve McQueen's classic Bullitt. Featuring one of the best designs for the title with wonderfully bold colours.
Th...
Category
20th Century American 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
1960s British Vintage 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
1960s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique WWI Propaganda Poster Back Them Up Invest In War Loan My Duty
By E.V. Kealey
Located in London, GB
Original antique World War One propaganda poster - Back Them Up Invest in the War Loan My Duty - featuring a great design depicting a businessman wearing a smart suit reaching into h...
Category
1910s British Vintage 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
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Olivetti Lettera 22 Flowers Typewriter
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Olivetti Lettera 22 portable mechanical typewriter designed by Marcello Nizzoli in 1949 featuring a great mid-century graphic design depic...
Category
1950s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Keith Haring, Original Art Galley Poster, Robert Frazer 1983, Handsigned, Warhol
By Keith Haring
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Keith Haring Poster-Robert Fraser Gallery-Warhol-Basquiat, 1983
Additional details:
Materials and Techniques: Lithograph and screenp...
Category
20th Century British Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Dr No Original French James Bond Film Poster, Boris Grinsson, 1963
Located in Bath, Somerset
Boris Grinsson's artwork that features on the original 1963 first-year-of-release French Petite film poster is our favourite for the title, it’s also one of the rarest. A wonderful p...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Cote d'Azur SNCF 1968 Travel Advertising Poster, Bernard Villemot
Located in Bath, Somerset
Stunning original Cote d'Azur 1968 SNCF French Railways Travel poster designed by Bernard Villemot.
The SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) is France's national state-owned railway company and was founded...
Category
20th Century French Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Rar Art Nouvo Exhibitiondes Saxony Art & Crafts Dresden 1896 Otto Fischer
Located in Hannover, DE
This large Art Nouveau poster is one of the few surviving examples and, dating from 1896, is one of the earliest. The poster comes from the collection of an architect couple who had ...
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Lola 1967 Polish A1 Film Poster, Maciej Hibner
By Maciej Hibner
Located in Bath, Somerset
The Polish poster for Jacques Demy’s 1961 classic romcom Lola. Another exceptionally cool Polish film poster which we think trumps all other versions.
The end of the Second World Wa...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Cinema Paradiso 1989 Italian 2 Foglio Film Movie Poster, Cecchini
Located in Bath, Somerset
Wonderfully fun artwork on this country-of-origin poster for Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso. Cecchini design looks fantastic on the beautiful and large Italian 2 Foglio...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS 1962 Italian 2 Foglio FILM MOVIE POSTER, ENZO NISTRI
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore the Italian film poster for 60s classic Breakfast at Tiffany's. Enzo Nistri's design is simply fabulous darling!
This vintage film poster has been professionally linen-back...
Category
20th Century Italian Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Vladimir Tretchikoff Zulu Girl
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a wonderful vintage print of "Zulu Girl" by Vladimir Tretchikoff in the original 1950's wooden frame. Zulu Girl is a compelling work that showcases Tretchikoff’s unique abili...
Category
20th Century Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Mary Poppins (1964) Framed Publicity Film Movie Still Disney
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original 8x10 inches Publicity Still for the Disney classic Mary Poppins (1964) starring Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) and Dick Can Dyke (Bert).
Publicity (film/production) stills we...
Category
20th Century Unknown Posters
Materials
Wood, 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
1950s Monacan Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
BITTER CAMPARI, 1926 Vintage Italian Alcohol Advertising Poster, Nizzoli
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fabulous supersized vintage Italian advertising poster from 1926 for Bitter Campari. We love the striking design by Marcello Nizzoli which delivers maxi...
Category
20th Century Italian Posters
Materials
Linen, 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
1960s British Vintage 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
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
World War 1 "Must Children die & Mothers Plead in Vain Framed" Poster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
World War I "Must Children Die & Mothers Plead in Vain" Matted Framed Poster. 1918 Original Vintage World War I Propaganda poster. Believed to by by artist: Walter H Everett. Circa E...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Raymond Pages, Original Vintage Airline Poster, Air France, Great Britain, 1971
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Raymond Pages-Air France-Bretagne-Avion, 1971
Pop Art style advertising poster for Air France, for Great Britain, we can see a bo...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
'Scarface' Original Vintage Australian One Sheet Movie Poster, 1984
Located in Devon, GB
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 the biggest drug lord in 1980s Miami. Directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone, the cast also featured Michelle Pfeiffer in her breakthrough role as coke-addict mob wife Elvira Hancock. The film's excessive violence, profanity and scenes of graphic drug usage were met with a negative critical response on initial release, but subsequent reappraisal has established 'Scarface' as a cult classic. A loose remake of the 1932 film of the same name, De Palma dedicated his version to Howards Hawks and Ben Hecht...
Category
1980s Australian Post-Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Cyrk Bear on Ball 1963 Polish B1 Circus Poster, Maciej Urbaniec
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original Polish cyrk (circus) poster featuring a fabulous Bear on Ball design by Maciej Urbaniec. Very rare first edition from 1963.
The ‘Cyrk” circus poster in Poland appeared for ...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Robys, Original Vintage Poster, Kina Lillet Wine, Bordeaux, Bunch of grape, 1937
By Robys
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Artist: Robys (Robert Wolff)
Title: Kina Lillet - Au vin blanc de la Gironde
Date: 1937
Size (w x h): 51.2 x 77.6 in / 130 x 197 cm
Printer: Affiches Stentor - Etabts Marboeuf, 91 ru...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
Working Girl 1990 Polish B1 Film Poster, ANDRZEJ PAGOWSKI
Located in Bath, Somerset
We love this original Polish film poster for 80s comedy Working Girl. Stylish and symbolic design by Pagowski.
The end of the Second World War marked the dawn of a new period in the...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
'Godzilla Vs Mechagodzilla' Original Polish B1 Film Movie Poster, 1977
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic bright and colourful artwork feature on this Polish film Poster for the sci-fi film Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla.
The end of the Second World War marked the dawn of a new p...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Lolita 1962 UK Quad Film Movie Poster
Located in Bath, Somerset
Very rare original unrestored film poster for Kubrick's iconic Lolita.
This vintage movie poster is sized 30 x 40 inches. It will be sent rolled (unframed).
Category
20th Century British Posters
Materials
Paper
Exotic Elegance: Original Tobacco Advertisement, Printed in circa 1899
Located in Langweer, NL
This is an original antique poster advertising F.J. Burrus, a tobacco manufacturer specializing in cigars and cigarettes. The poster highlights the company's founding in 1814 and its...
Category
1890s Antique 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
Mid-20th Century French Posters
Materials
Giltwood, Paper
Original Vintage Poster Soviet Art Exhibition Ariadna Leningrad Cooperative USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage exhibition poster for Ариадна / Ariadna issued by the Soviet Fund for Cultural Cooperatives - From Unofficial Art to Perestroika post war Leningrad avant-garde 1948-...
Category
1980s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Le Théâtrophone - Vintage Art Nouveau Lithograph Poster by Jules Cheret
By Jules Chéret
Located in East Quogue, NY
Limited-edition vintage lithographic reproduction poster of "Le Théâtrophone" by Jules Cheret, published in 1968 by The Sunday Times (London).
The print is offered unframed. Ship...
Category
Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Scarborough LNER Fred Taylor Art Deco
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Original vintage LNER train travel poster for Scarborough featuring a stunning Art Deco design by the notable painter and poster artist Fred Taylor (1875-1963) depicting a scenic vie...
Category
1930s British Art Deco Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Pablo Picasso Poster, 1957, Galerie Louise Leiris
By Mourlot, Pablo Picasso
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...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
The Godfather
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for Francis Ford Coppola's gangster masterpiece starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. The American poster only used the puppeteer art work...
Category
1970s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Metropolis
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Japanese handbill legendary 1926 Science Fiction film Metropolis.
This film was directed by the great Fritz Lang and starred Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel an...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
'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...
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1960s German Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Midcentury Raoul Dufy Mourlot Art Poster circa 1957, French
By Mourlot, (after) Raoul Dufy
Located in Miami, FL
Original midcentury Raoul Dufy art poster from the 1950s printed by Mourlot, Paris, France.
Raoul Dufy was a renowned artist that created excellent works of...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
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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