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Posters For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1860s
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Located in London, GB
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Original One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
Fans of artist Saul Bass won't want to miss this striking one sheet, inspired by Otto Preminger's coming-of-age tale of ...
Category
1950s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Un Homme Et Une Femme (1966)
Located in London, GB
Un Homme Et Une Femme (1966)
Original One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
This sensitive film from director Claude Lelouch explores the relationship between a man and a woman (Anouk Aimee an...
Category
1960s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Ramayana Ballet Festival Indonesia Temple
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the Ramayana Ballet Festival Indonesia every full moon June-October featuring a monkey god dance performance with an ancient temple and...
Category
1960s Singaporean Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Onverbreekbaar Katholiek Thuisfront WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster issued by Katholiek Thuisfront / Catholic Homeland Front featuring two silhouette illustrations of tanks by palm trees and a navy shi...
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1940s Dutch Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Film Poster The War Of The Worlds H. G. Wells Belgian Release
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cinema advertising poster for the Belgian release of the American science fiction thriller film based on the 1898 book by H. G. Wells (Herbert George Wells; 1866-1946) - The War of the Worlds / La Guerre Des Mondes - directed by Byron Haskin and produced by George Pal featuring a colourful dynamic sci-fi design showing the atomic scientist Dr Clayton Forrester played by Gene Barry hugging the terrified library science instructor Sylvia Van Buren played by Ann Robinson...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Railway Poster Explore The Yorkshire Coast Countryside By Train
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting the Yorkshire Coast published by British Railways featuring a fun and colourful illustration of Yorkshire's tourist attractions including castle visits, golf and yachting, theatre performances, dancing, tennis and sunbathing showing various images including a smiling lady relaxing on a beach and children...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Roy Lichtenstein The Soloman R Guggenheim Museum 1969 Exhibit
Located in San Francisco, CA
Roy Lichtenstein The Soloman R Guggenheim Museum 1969 Exhibit
28.75 x 28.75
Category
1960s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Swedisch Vintage Rollable Black and White Wall Chart Skeleton of a Fish
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The pull-down Swedish wall chart illustrates the bone structure of a fish. Black and white print on paper reinforced with canvas. Published by Ryggradsjurens Byggnad 10. fiskar.
Meas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Country Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper, Canvas
Original Vintage Travel Poster Palacete De La Moncloa Palace PNT Madrid Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the Spanish national tourist board Patronato Nacional del Turismo PNT following the restoration of the Moncloa Palace in 1929 and re-opening as a museum - Palacete de la Moncloa...
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1930s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Art Exhibition Poster Andre Derain Ballets Barber of Seville
Located in London, GB
Original vintage art exhibition poster - Andre Derain Ballets et les illustrations du Barbier de Seville / Ballets and the illustrations of the Barber of Seville - featuring an image...
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1960s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Medical Pull Down Wall Chart about the Tapeworm Parasite
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The rollable wall chart shows different kinds of tapeworms and which hosts the inhabit. It was published by the German Museum of Hygiene in Dresden. Colorful print on paper reinforce...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Posters
Materials
Wood, Paper, Canvas
Old Mural Anatomical Farm Animal Wall Chart Print Home and Garden
Located in Berghuelen, DE
An old vintage antique-look wall chart by edition of alb. kull´s home and garden series of anatomical structures of farm animals like foot skeleton...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Posters
Materials
Fabric
Original Vintage Sport Poster Segelflug Gliding German Aviation Jupp Wiertz
By Jupp Wiertz
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster - Werde mitglied im Deutschen Luftsport-Verband Flugtag in Bietigheim am Ostermontag auf dem Reitturnierplatz Segelflug das fundament der Deutschen luft...
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1930s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Selfix Schals Scarves Chow-Chow Dog Artwork
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Selfix Schals / Selfix Scarves featuring a great illustration of a Chow-Chow dog against a pale yellow background with...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Posters
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Russian Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Ekstra Bladet Danish Newspaper WWII Royal Air Force Jeep
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Danish Ekstra Bladet newspaper featuring a fun illustration of four smiling men in uniform jackets and hats with papers reading - Elstra B...
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1940s Danish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster TAI Afrique Noire Sub Sahara Africa Villemot Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - TAI Afrique Noire / Sub-Saharan Africa - featuring colourful artwork by the renowned graphic artist Bernard Villemot (1911-1989) depicting a plane fl...
Category
1950s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Old Vintage Wall Chart Weasel Otter Country Style Poster Print
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The old vintage wall chart shows a cute natural wildlife scenery of a weasel and an otter. Colorful print on thick paper nearly cardboard.
Measurement...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Country Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Carcavelos Estoril Cascais Portugal Riviera Sport
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Carcavelos Estoril Cascais Portugal - featuring an illustration of a smiling lady wearing a colourful striped hairband with a four leaf clover in her...
Category
1950s Portuguese Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Guinness Is Good For You Lullaby Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster - Guinness is Good for You - featuring a fun and colourful cartoon style image of the iconic smiling Guinness face reflected from the top of a pint glass with a smiling moon in a starry night sky above, the slogan in red below and a poem based on the popular children's lullaby Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Ski Winter Sport Resort Poster Davos Weissfluh Swiss Peikert
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski resort poster for Davos - Weissfluh 2820m Parsenn 2660m Davos 1560m Schweiz Suisse Switzerland. Colourful image of a smi...
Category
1950s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Summer In Canada Canadian National Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster - Enjoy Summer in Canada Go Canadian National The Railway to Everywhere in Canada. Fun and colourful ...
Category
1950s Canadian Vintage Posters
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Paper
1950 Campari, Nino Nanni Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Campari was formed in 1860 by Gaspare Campari and the aperitif is as popular today as ever. His son, Davide Campari transformed the company in 1926 into what it is widely known for t...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Guinness Him Strong Native American Canoe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster for the iconic Irish stout beer with the caption: Guinness - Him Strong! Fun image of Native Americans in a canoe marked with a pint of Guin...
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1960s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Des Souris Et Des Hommes "Of Mice & Men" Steinbeck, French Movie Poster
Located in San Francisco, CA
Des Souris Et Des Hommes "Of Mice & Men" Steinbeck, French Movie poster, circa 1949
Classic film starring Lon Cheney Jr and Burgess Meredith.
This large scale French movie post...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Panther Motor Cycles Jaguar Motorcycle Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Panther Motor Cycles Powered for Mastery Phelon & Moore Ltd Cleckheaton and London. Great image of a jaguar baring its teeth against a dynamic yellow and white background, the title in bold black and deep red lettering diagonally above and rest of the text below. Based in Yorkshire north England...
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1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Car Racing Poster Mercedes Benz Mille Miglia 1955 300SLR 300SL
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car racing poster issued by Mercedes Benz to commemorate their victories at the XXII Mille Miglia races in 1955 with a list of the rankings: Racing sports cars / Rac...
Category
1950s German Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel By Train London Town Pictorial Map Poster Kerry Lee
By Kerry Lee
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Travel By Train map poster for London Town by the British artist, illustrator and poster designer Kerry Lee (1902-1988) featuring a detailed...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage London Transport Poster Country Joys Ealing Common General Bus
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport travel poster - Country Joys from Ealing Common Station General Route 98 (Sunday Only) - featuring stunning artwork by the British artist Heather Perry...
Category
1930s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Military Poster WRAC A Fine Career Women's Royal Army Corp UK
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Army military recruitment poster for the Women's Royal Army Corp (1949-1992): WRAC A Fine Career For You featuring a smi...
Category
1950s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Movie Poster for a Sport Drama Film - The Hockey Players
By A. Shamash
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet movie poster for the 1965 sport drama The Hockey Players directed by Raphael Goldin and starring Vyacheslav Shalevich, Vladimir Ivashov, Aleksandr Kuznetsov a...
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Elecciones Sindicales Voto Spanish Union Elections Vote
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster - Union Elections Call 1963 / Elecciones Sindicales Convocatoria 1963 - featuring a great design showing two workers with their arms around each ot...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Johnson for Vice President. Leadership for the 60's" Vintage Campaign Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original 1960 "Johnson for Vice President" campaign poster. This poster was an iconic part of Kennedy and Johnson’s campaign in 1960. The poster featured a black and white...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Jordanien Jordan The Holy Land Petra Ancient City
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Jordan The Holy Land / Jordanien Das Heilige Land featuring a stunning design depicting people looking at the entrance of the ancient 1st century Al-Khazneh temple treasury carved out of the sandstone rock face with pillars on the decorative facade, viewed through the narrow walkway between the mountain rocks...
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1950s Jordanian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Attack Factory Owen Stanley Mountains Pacific War
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - The Attack Begins in the Factory - depicting soldiers working together to pull heavy artillery guns up a hill with ropes and pulleys in the ju...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Hitchcock 'Marnie' Original Vintage British Vertical Quad Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
An exceedingly rare vertical format British Quad for Alfred Hitchcock's 1964 psychological sex thriller "Marnie," starring Tippi Hendren and Sean Connery. Not present on the conventi...
Category
1960s British Post-Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage South America Travel Poster Surinam Suriname Explorers Paradise
Located in London, GB
Original vintage South America travel poster - Surinam An Explorer's Paradise Scenic Beauty Colourful Culture Fascinating Variety of Races ...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster BEA Lineas Aereas Britanicas London
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster issued by BEA - Lineas Aereas Britanicas - featuring a stunning design showing a plane flying from Madrid in Spain to Londres / London in E...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Back 'Em Up. Buy Extra Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Boris Chaliapin, 1944
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII War Bonds poster by Boris Chaliapin. Printed in 1944 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, the poster features General Dwight D. Eisenhower at the cente...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1969 Disneyland - Fantasyland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning & exceptionally rare attraction poster from 1969 promoting the Mad Hatter Tea Party, Dumbo and Carousel attractions in Fantasyland at Disneylan...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Maroc Morocco Shepherd Sheep Africa Rabat Design
By Delval
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Morocco issued by the Moroccan Tourist Bureau Rabat featuring a great design of a shepherd with his flock of sheep next to grass on a lane by a small domed building, looking down from a tall building...
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1950s Moroccan Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Strive For Excellence In Tennis Soviet Sport Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport propaganda poster - ???????? ?? ??????? ?????????? ? ??????? / Strive for excellence in tennis - featuring a great image of a smiling girl behind the ne...
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1950s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Butlins Lithograph Advertising Poster
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Butlins lithograph advertising poster
A charming, fun, and rare example of a 1940s lithograph advertising poster for Butlins fair. Produced by Willsons, Printers of Leicester. The advert is written in the form of a £5 reward for a lost grey parrot...
Category
1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Echanson Wine France Burgundy Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster for Echanson Wines / Les Vins De L'Echanson featuring a fun design depicting a smiling man holding a large bottle of wine in one arm and hol...
Category
1930s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Navy's Christmas Ale Santa Claus Beer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage beer drink advertising poster for Navy’s Xmas Ale brewed and bottled by Marine (a Belgium brewery) featuring a fun design showing a smiling Santa Claus / St Nicholas / Father Christmas...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Citroen DS Deesse Goddess Space Age Car Design Photo Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster issued by the French automobile manufacturer Citroen (founded 1919) featuring a great photograph of a 1960 Citroen DS...
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1960s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Ski Poster Sverige Vintersportlandet Sweden Winter Sports Dog
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski and winter sport poster - Sverige Vintersportlandet - featuring a great design by Anders Beckman (1907-1967) depicting a black and white photograph of a Norwegian Elkhound or husky...
Category
1930s Swedish Vintage Posters
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Paper
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Located in London, GB
Some Like It Hot (1959) - FRAMED
Photo Still (8 X 10 Inches)
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Original 1959 United Artists Corporation b&w publicity still.
A romantic still from Some Like It ...
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1950s Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Cyprus Summer Beaches Sailing Sport Silkscreen
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the island of Cyprus featuring a great silkscreen graphic design depicting historic tourist attractions and sport including a sailing boat in the f...
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1960s Cypriot Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Art Exhibition Poster Saul Steinberg Dessins Recent Drawings
Located in London, GB
Original vintage art exhibition poster for the Recent Drawings by Steinberg held at Galerie Maeght Paris in April and May 1953 - Dessins recents...
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1950s French Vintage Posters
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Paper
Bullitt (1968)
Located in London, GB
Bullitt (1968) - FRAMED
Lobby Card (9 X 12 Inches)
Original French Lobby Card
A still from Bullitt featuring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset in a sleek Porsche. McQueen, as Det...
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1960s Vintage Posters
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Paper
Vintage Official Reproduction Poster Great Fire Of London Transport Kauffer
Located in London, GB
Vintage official reproduction poster issued for London Underground featuring artwork by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) of the Great Fire of London...
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1960s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Visit Ribe Oldest Town In Denmark Hakon Spliid
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Visit Ribe the oldest town in Denmark - featuring a stunning illustration by the Danish artist Hakon Spliid (1893-1959) depicting a view of the histo...
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1930s Danish Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Sleep To Gather Strength WWII Churchill
By Feliks Topolski
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an image of an ARP Warden resting his head on his hand while napping against a brick wall below a notice - ... It all depends on me an...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Summer Travel Poster Beatenberg Niederhorn Switzerland Peikert
Located in London, GB
Original vintage summer travel poster for Beatenberg Niederhorn Switzerland Berner Oberland Suisse. Great artwork by Martin Peikert (1901-1975) depicti...
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1940s Swiss Vintage Posters
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Paper
1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival & Fleetwood Mac - Fillmore West Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Designed by concert poster artist Lee Conklin, this brilliant and busy poster was created in 1969 to promote a live concert of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Fleetwood Mac at the w...
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1960s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Fundraising Poster On The Arctic Front WWII Merchant Navy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front fundraising poster - On the Arctic Front Merchant Navy Comforts Service - featuring an naval illustration of sailors in thick coats and hats...
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1940s British 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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