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Posters For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1910s
The Red Shoes
Located in London, GB
a rare original Australian souvenir program cover for The Red Shoes 1948. This film was directed by the famous duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and is considered to be one o...
Category
1940s Australian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Medical Chart Bone Structure
Located in Otley, GB
A superb vintage medical chart 1947 supplied by Adam Rouilly & Co Ltd London. Fantastic colours & illustrations of the bone structure. Comes as a...
Category
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Canvas
"Night at the Follies" 1947 Original Linen Backed Theatrical Poster Evelyn West
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
"Night at the Follies" 1947 an original vintage linen backed one-sheet theatrical film movie poster. Size is 30 X 44 with the linen added.
A Night at the Follies, the 1947 W. Merle Connell burlesque documentary ("Daring!"; "Gorgeous Girls Great comedians Glamorous dancers"; "You've heard about it! You've read about it! Now see Big Time Burlesque Just as presented at the world famous follies theatre in Los Angeles"; "Something new in entertainment!"; "Evelyn West...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Propaganda Poster Dig For Victory Child WWII UK
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Home Front propaganda poster - Dig for Victory - featuring an iconic illustration of a child wearing a white sun hat and holding a hoe and a shovel to ...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Energy Gas Saving Propaganda Poster Watch Your Meters WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two energy saving propaganda poster featuring great artwork by the British graphic designer Reginald Mount (1906-1979) depicting two ladies looking at thei...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Union Propaganda Poster Kazakhstan Anniversary KSSR USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Do you fulfill your obligations in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Kazakh SSR? - featuring an army soldier in military uniform point...
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1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage French Film Poster, 'La Maternelle', by Peynet, 1949
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage French Film Poster, 'La Maternelle', by Peynet, 1949
This is a charming poster for the film, 'La Maternelle', (Kindergarten) by the French artist, Raymond Peynet. ...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
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Paper
Vintage Framed Movie Poster of “ Les Enfants Du Paradis “ Circa 1945.
Located in Seattle, WA
This framed movie poster is of a French Film from 1945. Translates “ The children of paradise “ Within Silver toned. Professionally custom framing. Vintage Condition Consistent with ...
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1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Wood
Original Antique World War One Humoros Wap Map Of The World WWI Japan Caricature
Located in London, GB
Original antique World War One satirical map of Europe and Asia portraying the outbreak of WWI featuring colourful caricatures and illustrations of the countries including Germany as...
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1910s Japanese Vintage Posters
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Paper
"Illinois. 1818 Centennial 1918." Vintage Poster by Willy Sesser, 1918
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a very rare and collectible 1918 Illinois Centennial poster by Willy Sesser. The poster is offered here in its largest issued size, printed in full color. The poster wa...
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1910s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Auto Advertising Poster Austin 110 Sheerline Six Cylinder Car
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster for the new Austin 110 six cylinder styled in Sheerline featuring an illustration of a shiny red car in front of the winged A logo on a green ...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Recycling Poster Bones Make Explosives WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Home Front recycling poster - Bones Make Explosives Put Out All Bones For Salvage - featuring a great modernist graphic design by Reginald Mount (1906-...
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1940s British Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster National Savings Season Of The Year Flowers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - National Savings Through the Post Office Savings Bank, The Trustee Savings Bank and National Savings Certificates - featuring colourful artwork ...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet War Propaganda Poster Strengthen Combat Power USSR WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Крепите боевую мощь CCCP! / Strengthen the combat power of the USSR - featuring two illustrations divided by the bold title ...
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1940s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
The Red Shoes
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement Kinematograph weekly July 15th 1948
The film directed by the famous duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and is considered to be one of the...
Category
1940s English Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Stramberk Czechoslovak State Railways
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel advertising poster for Stramberk Chemins de Fer de l'Etat Tchccoslovaque / Czechoslovak State Railways featuring a scenic illustration of a quaint villa...
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Great Britain Will Pursue Japan WWII Plane
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an illustration of an RAF Royal Air Force plane flying at speed above a Royal Navy warship in camouflage flying a White Ensign flag, t...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Great Britain Will Pursue Japan WWII Tank
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an illustration of a military tank driving at speed over a hill with a Union Jack flag of the United Kingdom flying against the blue s...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Rare Original Vintage WWII Soviet Propaganda Poster Homeland Stalin Tank USSR
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage World War Two Soviet propaganda poster - For the Homeland! For Stalin! / За Родину! За Сталина! - featuring a troop of soldiers carrying bayonet rifle guns char...
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1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"She's Ready, Too. Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Bonds Poster, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII War Bonds poster, printed in 1942. In the poster, a confident woman sets out with conviction to buy war bonds, her hand over her pocketbook. As the woman ...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Warning Propaganda Poster Careless Talk Tragedy Wartime
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two warning propaganda poster - Careless Talk Brings Tragedy In Wartime - featuring numbered and captioned illustrations of 1. a young soldier on the phone...
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1940s Canadian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet War Propaganda Poster Infinite Enemy Family Honour WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Our land has been touched by the infinite enemy We will smash the enemy's dark forces mercilessly ... Let's move on a terrib...
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1940s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Dolomites Holiday Italy Franz Lenhart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster in French - Pour vos vacances Sud Tirol Italie Dolomites / For your holidays South Tyrol Italy Dolomites - mountain range located in north ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Fundraising Poster French Sailors Fund France Marins Francais
Located in London, GB
Original antique fundraising poster commemorating French sailors and promoting donations - Donnes tous a l'oeuvre du souvenir de la France a ses Marins / Everyone give to the fund in...
Category
1910s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Work on a farm... this Summer. Join the U.S. Crop Corps" Vintage WWII Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII U.S. Crop Corps recruitment poster. Designed by Douglas, this poster was issued by the Office of War Information in Washington DC, in 1943. In the compo...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"1775- 167th Anniversary - 1942. Always Advance with the U.S. Marines" Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage 1942 United States Marine Corps poster, celebrating the organization's 167th Anniversary. The poster features a dynamic illu...
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1940s North American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"U.S. Marines. Reserved for you!" Vintage WWII Marine Corps Recruitment Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, designed by Joe Richards. The poster, a color lithograph, was issued on November 28, 1941, less than 10 days before the a...
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1940s North American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Propaganda Poster Long Live Powerful Navy USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Long Live the Powerful Navy of the USSR / Да Здравствует Мощный Военно-морской Флот Ссср! - featuring a naval image of a fle...
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1940s Russian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Canadian World War Two Propaganda Poster WWII Lets Go Canada
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Canadian World War Two propaganda poster - Let's Go... Canada! - issued by the director of public information under the authority of Hon J.T Thorson Minister of Nati...
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1940s Canadian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Jungfraujoch Jungfrau Railway Husky
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and skiing travel poster - Bernese Oberland Switzerland Jungfraujoch Jungfrau Railway - great artwork titled Polar Dogs featuring huskies harnessed to a sled with a lady and man sitting on the sledge preparing to ride it, a man standing behind them and another man holding skis beside them, a Swiss flag...
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1940s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Attack On All Fronts WWII Canada Hubert Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Attack On All Fronts - featuring a dynamic design by Hubert Rogers (1898-1982) depicting three people leaning forward side by side in a diagon...
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1940s Canadian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Philippine Airlines PAL USA The Orient Europe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - USA The Orient Europe by DC-6 sleeper PAL Philippine Airlines Speed Comfort Dependability - featuring a great desi...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Middle East Travel Poster Lebanese Way Lebanon Mountain Air
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Middle East travel poster for Lebanon - To The Cool Mountain Air The Lebanese Way - featuring scenic artwork of a path winding through th...
Category
1940s Lebanese Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Greece Mount Athos Grece Simonopetra Monastery
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Mont Athos Grece / Mount Athos Greece featuring a scenic view of the historic 13th century Simonopetra Monastery (Monast...
Category
1940s Greek Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original artwork used to create the British front of house stills. Gouache on artboard.
This original artwork features the films scene where Pinocchio is under the sea.
Exceptionally rare. Original artworks rarely surface, as the majority were destroyed.
Pieces on the Classic Disney films are always highly prized. This original artwork only recently surfaced, and was previously owned by an English lady, who had been given this piece in the 1940s. Prior to this discovery no other Pinocchio artwork for posters or front of house stills had been seen.
Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Travel Poster Greece Grece Aegean Coast Mediterranean Sea
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Greece Aegean Sea Coastline / Grece Littoral de la mer egee - featuring a colourful seaside view depicting a wooden rowi...
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1940s Greek Vintage Posters
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Paper
WPA Poster “Mobilizing Michigan for Farm and Factory” by Maurice Merlin
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Incredibly rare, original WPA poster designed by Maurice Merlin, a prominent Detroit artist documenting the struggles of urban Michigan.
Poster mounted to ...
Category
1940s Vintage Posters
Materials
Paint, Paper
Ladri di Biciclette / Bicycle Thieves
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for 1948 landmark Neo-Realism film
Ladri di Biciclette / Bicycle Thieves. This film was directed by Vittorio De Sica and starred Lamberto Maggiorani, En...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Fight Or Buy Bonds. Third Liberty Loan" WWI Poster by Howard Chandler Christy
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This original WWI poster encourages onlookers to "Fight or Buy Bonds" and dates to 1917. Issued as part of the Third Liberty Loan run, the poster w...
Category
1910s American Art Deco Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
1946 Grenoble - Centenaire de La Salette Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning poster from 1946 creating in celebration of the Centenaire de La Salette or Centennary of Our Lady of La Salette in Grenoble. The Marian apparition was reported by two young...
Category
1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
1940 Mont-Dore Auvergne Original Vintage Poster
By Jean Even
Located in Winchester, GB
With stunning artwork from Jean Even, this poster was created in 1940 to advertise the Le Monte-Dore area in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes in central France.
The gorgeous design depicts a ma...
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1940s French Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Careless Talk Snake WWII Albert Dorne
By Albert Dorne
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Less dangerous than careless talk Don't discuss Troop movements Ship sailings War equipment - featuring a great illustration of a r...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Principality Of Liechtenstein Johannes Troyer Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Principality of Liechtenstein / Furstentum Liechtenstein featuring artwork by Johannes Troyer (1902-1969) of a smiling lady wearing a large hat...
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1940s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Matson Lines Cruise Hawaii Honolulu Surfer Beach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Matson Lines Hawaii - featuring a colourful image of a smiling surfer in red and white swimming shorts riding the wave...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
This piece is conservation framed with in a Tulip wood...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Newell Convers Wyeth, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is an original World War II poster by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945). The poster features bold lettering at bottom reading "Buy War Bonds," with a dynamic depiction of Uncl...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage RAF Royal Air Force Recruitment Poster Air Force Training Corps
By Jonathan Foss
Located in London, GB
Original vintage RAF Royal Air Force recruitment poster for the Air Training Corps - Air Training Today and Tomorrow - featuring artwork by Jonath...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
"Arizona" Vintage Santa Fe Railroad Travel Poster by Don Perceval, circa 1940s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage Arizona travel poster for the Santa Fe Southern Railway, issued in the 1940s. A very collectible poster, the compositi...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Spellbound
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1945 Thriller was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. Dr. Edwardes (played by Gr...
Category
1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Propaganda Poster Valenki Well Dressed Fighter USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Comrade! Remember that a well-prepared and warmly dressed fighter will strike the enemy even str...
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1940s Russian Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Sleep To Gather Strength WWII Churchill
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
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Berner Oberland Switzerland Bear
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Berner Oberland Suisse on y fait du ski jusqu'a fin Avril / Bernese Oberland Switzerland skiing until the end of April featuring fun artwork...
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1940s Swiss Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Navy Upholds Victory Torch WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The Navy Upholds the Victory Torch You can uphold the Navy by depositing your savings in the Glasgow Savings Bank A trustee savings...
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
The Maltese Falcon
Located in London, GB
A rare original US lobby card number for the 1941 Film Noir The Maltese Falcon.
The film Starred Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor and was was directed John Huston.
The piece ...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Crome thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starred Richard Attenborough, Hermonie Baddeley, William Hartnell....
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1940s British Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage American WWII Recruitment Poster For Your Country's Sake Today
Located in London, GB
Original vintage American World War Two recruitment poster - For your country's sake today For your own sake tomorrow Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of you...
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1940s American Vintage Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Recruitment Propaganda Poster Idea And An Ideal Air Force
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military recruitment propaganda poster - Join The Regular Air Force - featuring a great design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) of a you...
Category
1940s British Vintage Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Antique Russian Anti Tsarist Civil War Poster Deceived Brothers Apsit
Located in London, GB
Original antique Russian anti-Tsarist Civil War propaganda poster - To the Deceived Brothers (In the White Guard Trenches) First Message from Demyan Bedny / Обманутым братьям (В бело...
Category
1910s Russian Vintage 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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