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Raymond Pages, Original Vintage Airline Poster, Air France, Mexico, 1971
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Raymond PAGES-Air France-Mexico-Avion, 1971
Advertising poster for Air France, for Mexico
Additional Details:
Materials and Te...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
BORIS BUCAN Original Vintage Croatian Poster RADIO TELEVIZIJA ZAGREB' Silkscreen
By Boris Bucan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original silk screen poster by Boris Bucan, it consists of six individual silkscreen panels.
Radio Television Zagreb music production
ARTIST
Boris Bucan
YEAR
1988
D...
Category
1980s Croatian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Other
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Poster by Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec
Located in Petworth, GB
Original Poster for the Divan Japonais paper backed with linen newly framed
Designed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
For Edouard Fournier
Printed by Edward Ancourt, Paris
Circa 1893...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
Phares Ducellier Large Original Poster by P. Chappelier, Paris France, 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Philippe Chappelier was a very talented caricaturist, with a great sense of humor and designed a handful of truly exceptional posters. In this Art Nouveau turn-of-the-century poster,...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Posters
Materials
Paper
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
The Midnight Limited
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1926 silent action adventure film The Midnight Limited,
starring Gaston Glass and Wanda Hawley.
This film was directed by Oscar Apfel.
This beautiful ...
Category
1920s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$3,430
Victorian French Original Advertising Poster, "Brasserie Schneider"
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
19th Century French Original Advertising Poster, "Brasserie Schneider"
Fabrique de boissons gazeuses Specialite de sodas
Soft drinks factory Specialty sodas
This is an original po...
Category
Early 1900s French Early Victorian Antique Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Travel Poster Genova Genoa Italy ENIT Tourism Italia Lighthouse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Genova / Genoa issued by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT featuring historic monuments and modern city buildings with a ...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1960 TWA - Paris Original Vintage Poster
By David Klein
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1960 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to Los Angeles, California. Illustrated by influential American artist David Klein, thi...
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Mural Map Rollable Wall Chart Poster Australia New Zealand Indonesia
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Mural Map Rollable Wall Chart Poster Australia New Zealand Indonesia
The vintage pull-down map shows Australia and Oceania, published by Haack-Painke Justus Perthes Darmstadt. Colorful print on paper reinforced with canvas.
This wallchart is a wonderful holiday memory decoration item.
Measurements:
Width 122 cm (48.03 inch)
Height 100 cm (39.37 inch)
The measurements shown refer just to the canvas and do not include the poles.
Background information on the history of school wall charts:
The idea to upgrade every day school life by using pictures was supported in the late 18th century by Johann Bernhard Basedow. In 1774 he published a four-volume book "Elementarwerk" which combined pictures, text and information with merely hundred copperplates. Modern printing methods enabled the spread from rich private schools to rural grade schools...
Category
1970s German Country Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
James Dean 'Rebel Without a Cause' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Finnish, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
A rare poster for the first Finnish release of the Classic 1955 teenage drama "Rebel Without A Cause," with artwork by Engel. Starring James Dean in his most celebrated role as a tro...
Category
1950s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper, Linen
Original Vintage War Poster Salute The Soldier WWII National Savings Home Front
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two National Savings home front poster - Keep on Saving Salute the Soldier - featuring an image of soldiers in uniform marching w...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster SS Twickenham Ferry Southern Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - The New Train Ferry Boats via Dover Dunkerque - featuring artwork by the British painter and poster artist Walter Thomas (1894-1971) depi...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Enter the Dragon 1973 US 1 Sheet Film Movie Poster, Bob Peak
By Bob Peak
Located in Bath, Somerset
Fantastic design by Bob Peak features on this original US 1 Sheet film poster for seminal Bruce Lee martial arts flick Enter the Dragon.
This original vintage movie poster has been ...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Cottagecore Mural Black Forest Farming House Vintage Rollable WallChart
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Cottagecore Mural Black Forest Farming House Vintage Rollable WallChart
The vintage pull-down wallchart illustrates a typical Black Forest farmhouse su...
Category
1970s German Country Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Villemot, Original Vintage Poster, Gitanes, Tobacco, France, Cigarette, 1957
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Bernard Villemot-Gitanes-Tabac-France, 1957
Poster to promote Gitanes cigarettes.
Gitanes is a brand of cigarettes produced by Seita, a subsidiary of the Imp...
Category
20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Advertising Poster Lambretta Scooterlinea Early 60s Spain
Located in Poperinge, BE
Cool and authentic vintage advertising poster from the early 60s, Lambretta 125-150-175 Scooterlinea, Spanish poster released in 1963.
This poster is framed in a light wooden frame ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Tacones Lejanos / High Heels
Located in London, GB
Original Spanish film poster from High Heels. This film was directed by Pedro Almodóvar, and stars Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Miguel Bosé. The film...
Category
1990s Spanish Posters
Materials
Paper
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Running Fence California (Exhibition Poster)
Located in New York, NY
Original Exhibition Poster by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Running Fence: 5.5 meters (18 feet) high, 39.4 kilometers (24.5 miles) long, extending east-west near Freeway 101, north of S...
Category
1970s Danish Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Aluminum
Original Vintage Poster by Bernard Buffet May 1958 Original Vintage Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster by Bernard Buffet May 1958.
Category
1950s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$544 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster French Line Gayest Entree To Europe France
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster - French Line Your Gayest Entree to Europe France Afloat From New York to England & France - featuring a great Art Deco design depic...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Spy Who Loved Me
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1977 James Bond films The Spy Who Loved starring Roger Moore and Barbra Bach.
The film was directed by Lewis Gilbert.
The artwork on this poster is ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Poster from the Exhibition of Aurelio Teno, Denmark, 1965, Framed
By Aurelio Teno
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Original poster from the exhibition of Aurelio Teno's work, from October 6 to 20, 1965 in Copenhagen. The exhibition included sculptures, jewelry, collages, drawings and paintings by the author. The poster has the author's signature and date.
Aurelio Teno (1927 - 2013) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He started as an apprentice in the workshop of the sculptor Amadeo Ruiz Olmos, then in a goldsmith's workshop, and from 1939 at the School of Arts and Crafts in Cordoba, where he studied painting and drawing. In 1965, he began a series of international exhibitions in Copenhagen, Paris, New York, Rabat and St. Louis (Missouri). In 1976, he established his international prestige as a monumental sculptor by winning the competition for a sculpture of Don Quixote that was to be placed in front of the Kennedy Center in Washington, competing with Salvador Dalí and José de Creeft. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Cordoba. He received the Gold Medal in Jewelry...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$899 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Skiing Poster Dartmouth College Winter Carnival 1941 Ski USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival held on 7-8 February 1941 featuring a dynamic design by Stanley Samuelson Pratt Institute depicting a skier wearing a...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Join The Fight Against Fascism WWII
By Irakli Toidze
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Vsichni do boje proti Fasismu! Everyone join the fight against Fascism - featuring a dynamic illustration of a soldier in uniform with a r...
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Aosta Valley Italy La Vallee d'Aoste
By Giuseppe Magagnoli 2
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for La Valle d'Aosta / The Aosta Valley featuring scenic artwork by Giuseppe Magagnoli (aka Maga; 1878-1933) of the valley with pine trees ...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Giulio Cesare Steam Ship Ocean Liner Cruise Travel NGI
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - Giulio Cesare Genoa Buenos Ayres Navigazione Generale Italiana - featuring an image of the ocean liner at sea abov...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Spanish Advertising Poster Tapbioles Y Pirretas Fur Clothing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Spanish clothing advertising poster - Industrias de Peleteria Tapbioles y Pirretas Fur Industry Barcelona - featuring an elegant Art Deco design by the Czech artist ...
Category
1930s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1950 United Airlines - Disneyland Original Vintage Poster
By Stan Galli
Located in Winchester, GB
With artwork from the great poster designer and illustrator Stan Galli, this stunning and rare poster from 1950 promotes United Airlines routes to Disneyland. Depicting a boat of exc...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
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...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster-Paul Colin-Wash All with Tac-Lessive, 1960
By Paul Colin
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Paul Colin-Wash All with Tac-Lessive, 1960
TAC Wash / Laundry Beads Promotion Poster. A duck represents the brand on the poster.
Additional Details:
Materi...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Tobak FDB Tobacco Factory Esbjerg Denmark
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the FDB Tobaksfabrik cigar and tobacco factory in Esbjerg - Tobak - featuring an illustration on two sides of two men smoking whilst leaning on a barrel stamped with the FDB logo on it, one dressed in a leaf skirt with a feather in his hair is looking towards hills and palm trees on an island and the sea against a bright green background, the other dressed in a sailor uniform...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster-Pijoan-Campari Soda-Soccer-Liqueur, c.1970
By Pijoan
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Pijoan-Campari Soda-Soccer-Liqueur, c.1970
Advertising posters for Campari Soda. A football/soccer team with red jerseys promotes...
Category
20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Silkscreen Print by Thomas McKnight
Located in Bradenton, FL
A silkscreen art print titled “Blue Couch” by listed artist Thomas McKnight. The scene depicts an apartment living room with a Manhattan skyscraper view. Set in a thin brown and wide...
Category
Late 20th Century American Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
Dr No R1972 Swedish Film Poster, Aberg
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original early 70s re-release Swedish film poster for James Bond's iconic first outing, Dr No.
This original vintage movie poster is sized 27 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches. Will be sent roll...
Category
20th Century Swedish Posters
Materials
Paper
Westworld
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for 1973 Science fiction film Westworld.
This film was directed by Michael Crichton and starred Yul Brynner, Richard Benjami...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$616
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster North West England LMS Railway F Marston
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway - LMS North West England - featuring scenic artwork of the Lake District by the British painte...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Rocky 3 1982 Publicity Film Movie Press Still Framed
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original 8x10 inches Publicity Film Still for Rocky 3 (1982) starring Sylvester Stallone and Mr T.
Publicity (film/production) stills were created to help studios promote their new ...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Villemot, Original Vintage Poster, Pernelle Wool, Knitting, Fashion, Witch, 1950
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster made by Bernard Villemot around 1950 to promote Pernelle wool.
Artist: Bernard Villemot
Title: Pernelle – 100 % Laine
Date: circa 1950
Size: 21.7 x 29.9 in / 55 x 76 cm
Mat...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
2004 Louis Vuitton Classic 2004 - Razzia Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Held at Waddesdon Manor in Oxford in June 2004, the Louis Vuitton Classic was a classic cat event held by the luxury French brand. Featuring a go...
Category
Early 2000s British Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
$789 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster London Air Ceylon Airline Sri Lanka Sapphire
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by Air Ceylon - Fly the Sapphire Service to London - featuring artwork by Mart Kempers (1924-1993) depicting a busy London city street scene with a delivery van, a taxi laden with tourist luggage and passengers sitting on an iconic red double decker bus in the foreground, lit up the glowing street lights with a clock on the buildings in the background, a plane flying by the bold title text in the night sky above and the Air Ceylon logo below. Founded in 1947 Air Ceylon was the national flag carrier until 1979; it was replaced by by Air Lanka (now Sri Lankan Airlines...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"The Night Porter" Original British Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1974 the War, Drama.
The film was directed Liliana Cavani and starred Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling. This poster ...
Category
1970s British Vintage Posters
Original Vintage Soviet Union Travel Poster USSR Dance Festival Intourist Zhukov
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the USSR Dance Festival Moscow - Leningrad 10-20 June 1936 commissioned by Intourist, the Soviet state travel monop...
Category
1930s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Down With Guinness Then You'll Feel Better Beer Drink Ad
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster featuring text in bold red and black letters framed by a green line border: Down With Guinness! - then you'll feel better. One of the world'...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Italian Job
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese program cover for Michael Caine and Noel Coward's 1969 comic, crime caper about a plan to steal a gold shipment. The film was released one year later in Japan in 19...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$686
Casanova 1976 Publicity Film Movie Press Still Framed
Located in Bath, Somerset
Original 8x10 inches Publicity Film Still for Casanova (1976) starring Donald Sutherland and directed by Federico Fellini.
Publicity (film/production) stills were created to help st...
Category
20th Century American Posters
Materials
Paper
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear / Les Aventures De Yogi Le Nounours
Located in London, GB
Original French painting for the 1964 animation this artwork was used to create the French poster for this film. This film was directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who also wrote the screenplay along with Warren Foster. Yogi Bear...
Category
1960s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paint
Vintage Large German Medical Chart, Poster "Eye II"
Located in Vienna, AT
Medical educational chart "eye II" from the 1930s.
Printed by Offseddruck Paul Trabert Leipzig, signed Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden.
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper
$390 Sale Price
44% Off
Original Vintage Movie Poster Ballet Russe Folk Dance Galina Oulanova Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for a dance film featuring Galina Oulanova la plus celebre danseuse etoile Danses Populaires et les Ballet Russes rythme entrain gaite! / Galina Ulanova the most famous prima ballerina Popular Dances and the Ballets Russes cheerful lively rhythm! Great folk dance art depicting a lady in a colourful swirling skirt and a man in traditional costume dancing in the foreground, a row of ladies behind men cossack dancing in the background in front of a tree and wooden building in the countryside with a church spire against the blue sky, the text above and diagonally below in bold lettering. The award winning prima ballerina assoluta Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (1910-1998) is considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Artwork by the notable French film poster designer Boris Grinsson (1907-1999). Large size. Good condition, folds, creasing, paper losses, tears, browning, staining, some restored tears, backed on old linen.
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Chanel Nº 5 Original Large Poster from Parisian bus shelters
Located in Encino, CA
Andy Warhol
Poster Chanel 5, from a set of 4 different colors. 1997 (We also have the full set of four colors).
This listing is only for one "Blue-Green" poster.
Notes: This poster ...
Category
1990s European Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Complete The Seven Year Plan USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage USSR propaganda poster by the notable Soviet political poster designer Viktor Koretsky (1909-1998): We will complete the seven year plan! / Семилетку Выполним! Dynam...
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Rome Via TWA Neptune Fountain City Skyline Italy
By David Klein
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Rome via TWA Trans World Airlines featuring a colourful design by the notable American artist David Klein (1918-2005) depicting the historic Fountain of Neptune / Fontana del Nettuno in the foreground and a sketch outline of the city in the background, a Lockheed Constellation plane...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Jean Carlu, Original Vintage Poster, Ancient Peruvian Art, Museum, Louvre, 1956
By Jean Carlu
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Posters from the Museum of Decorative Arts created by Jean Carlu in 1956 for an exhibition on Ancient Peruvian Art from the Nathan Cummings Collection.
Artist: Jean Carlu (1900-1997...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
"Can-Can" Original British Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British movie poster for the 1960 musical starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier.
Category
1960s British Vintage Posters
Cappiello, Original Poster, Election, Pocket Watch, Clock, Chronometer Time 1922
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Advertising Poster for the Election watch brand created by Leonetto Cappiello in 1922.
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Artist: Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942)
Title: Montre Élection
Date: 1922...
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20th Century French Art Deco Posters
Materials
Paper
Harvey
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 6 for Harvey, 1950.
This Lobby card has been signed by James Stewart.
This lobby card was previously in the collection of a US collector, who obtained the signature in person at the Motion Picture retirement home in Los Angeles, run by the Academy, where he visited. Harvey is a classic James Stewart comedy-drama, based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play of the same name. It was directed by Henry Koster, and tells the story of a man whose best friend is a pooka (a mythology spirit able to take on the form of various animals). In this film Harvey is a 6' 3½" tall rabbit...
Category
1950s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$1,303
Midnight Club / Midnattsklubben
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for American crime, drama film Midnight Club, 1933.
The film was directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and starred Clive Brook, Gorge Raff and He...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Vicenza Italia Italy Travel Renaissance Basilica Piazza
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT to promote the historical city of Vicenza in the Veneto region of north eastern Italy featuring...
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
James Bond 'Goldfinger' Original Vintage Film Poster, Swedish, 1967
By Gosta Aberg
Located in Devon, GB
Considered the quintessential and definitive Bond film, the third instalment in EON Productions' James Bond series set the template for many of the subsequent films, with its tongue in cheek humour, extensive use of gadgets and technology and multiple foreign locations. The first Bond blockbuster, 1964s 'Goldfinger' was also the first Bond film to utilise a standalone pre-credits sequence, the first to employ a pop star to sing the theme song and the first to win an Academy Award. The plot saw 007 uncover a plot to contaminate the United States gold reserve at Fort Knox while investigating the smuggling activities of powerful gold magnate Auric Goldfinger. This stunning poster designed by prolific Swedish...
Category
1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
CYRK Circus Cowboy Acrobat R1978 Polish Circus Poster, Bohdan Bocianowski
Located in Bath, Somerset
We adore Bohdan Bocianowski's bold design that features on this original Polish Cyrk (circus) poster from 1978. The sharp shooting acrobatic cowboy against a multicoloured bullseye i...
Category
20th Century Polish Posters
Materials
Paper
Harvard Radios vs. Princeton Aviators Vintage Football Poster, circa 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a very scarce WWI Work Relief Fund poster featuring the Harvard Radios competing against the Princeton Aviators. The game, held on November 23, 1918, was a benefit football game to raise money for the war effort.
The poster dynamically depicts two football players mid-action. Below, the names of the teams are printed in yellow, with the date, location of the game, and ticket information printed in contrasting white. The United War Work Campaign’s logo is printed at bottom center. The logo is composed of a black star and the number 7, with the text “United War Work Campaign” encircling the star in a yellow ring. The poster was illustrated by the artist J. Liello. His signature is printed in stone, visible on the left side of the composition.
The following was written about the match in the November 23, 1918 issue of The New York Times: “Today marks the climax of the most irregular football season the gridiron sport has ever known… Here in New York there will be an unusually attractive football bill. First of all the war fund benefit at the Polo Grounds...
Category
1910s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
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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