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Mid-Century Modern Posters

MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Czech, 1978
Located in Devon, GB
A fantastically bizarre poster by Jan Weber for the first Czech release of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." Although Western films were shown during the Soviet era in the Communist Bloc, American publicity materials were banned, allowing the state-commissioned artists to operate with total creative freedom from the demands of the big Hollywood studios, offering quirky and sometimes surreal interpretations which often had little reference to the film. Weber's intense halftone design featuring a triplicate of manic Jack Nicholson faces is presumably a nod to insanity and multiple personality disorders. Based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Ken Kesey...
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1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Fine Art Exhibition Poster MODIGLIANI DEPUIS BONNARD, 1957
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage Fine art exhibition poster MODIGLIANI DEPUIS BONNARD, 1957 This is an original vintage poster from 1957 Artist Modi...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

'Superman Flies Again' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1954
Located in Devon, GB
Superman jets off on this super rare stone lithography daybill poster for the Australian release of 'Superman Flies Again,' a 1954 compilation of three episodes of the hit US televis...
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1950s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Raymond Pages, Original Vintage Airline Poster, Air France, Israel, 1971
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Raymond Pages-Air France-Israel-Avion, 1971 Advertising poster for Air France, for Israël, we can see a Star of David. Additiona...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

'An American in Paris' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1951
Located in Devon, GB
Printed in stunning stone lithography, this scarce Australian Daybill poster joyfully declared the original Australian release of MGM's 'An American in Paris' as "the gayest, the most gorgeous, the greatest musical ever." Inspired by a 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin, the classic 1951 musical starred Gene Kelly as an American ex-GI who remains in Paris after the war to become an artist and falls for a gamine Parisienne played by a nineteen year old Leslie Caron, who Kelly had spotted performing with the Ballets des Champs-Élysées two years previously. Following the devastation and trauma of the Second World War, producer Arthur Freed...
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1950s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Jean Dubuffet, 'Festival D’automne a Paris' Original Vintage Exhibition Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Jean Dubuffet was one of the most famous European artists of the postwar era, “I have a great interest in madness, and I am convinced art has much to do with madness,” Dubuffet said ...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Harvey Edwards Dance Is Work Framed Exhibition Poster. From 1978
Located in Miami, FL
Original Harvey Edwards Black and White exhibition Poster From the 1978 Dance Is Work Exhibit at the Limited Edition Gallery in Beverly Hills, California...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Aluminum

Original Vintage Advertising Poster Textile company "Giovanola" , Italy 1960s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Textile company "Giovanola" , Italy 1960s A beautiful 1960s original advertising poster. Manufactured in Italy for the italian from "Gerosa Pubbl...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper, Canvas

Original Vintage Exhibition Poster, Sonia Delaunay 'Les Peintres Et L’art', 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Exhibition Poster, Sonia Delaunay 'LES PEINTRES ET L’ART', 1970 "Sonia Delaunay was a French artist, who spent most of her working life in Paris. She formally trained in Russia and Germany before moving to France...
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1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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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...
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1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper, Linen

'La Dolce Vita' Original Vintage French Movie Poster by Yves Thos, 1960
Located in Devon, GB
Opening with the striking panorama of a statue of Christ suspended by helicopter, flying across the city of Rome, Federico Fellini’s epic satire 'La Dolce Vita' charted seven episode...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper, Linen

'To Kill a Mockingbird' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce original stone lithograph poster for the first Australian release of the 1962 American film adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning ...
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1960s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

1960 TWA, New York Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1960 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to New York. Illustrated by influential American artist Da...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Graciela Rodo Boulanger Fille Au Violoncelle Framed Lithograph
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Fille Au Violoncelle was created by Graciala Rodo Boulanger in 1977; the lithographic print depicts a young woman with golden hair in flowing, colorful dress, sitting on low red ben...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Trafalgar Square Contemporary Lithograph Reproduction by Piet Mondrian
Located in San Diego, CA
Highly collectible contemporary lithograph art poster of "Trafalgar Square" by Piet Mondrian, circa 1991. The poster, which is a reproduction ...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

James Dean 'East of Eden' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Romanian, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
A dark and moody photomontage teases the love triangle at the centre of the drama on this rare poster for the first Romanian release of Elia Kazan's 1955 adaptation of John Steinbeck...
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1960s Romanian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Chem, Original Vintage Poster, Jeanne d'Arc Coffee, Roaster, Fez, Fingers, 1934
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Advertising poster created by the artist Chem in 1934 to promote the Cafés Jeanne d’Arc. Artist : Chem Title : Cafés Jeanne d’Arc - Orléans Date : 1937 Size: 31.5 x 46.5 in / 80 x 1...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

André Brasilier Original Exobition Poster GALERIE ETIENNE SASSI, 1990
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
André Brasilier Original Exobition Poster GALERIE ETIENNE SASSI, 1990 This is an original exhibition poster for French painter, André Brasilier. This poster is in excellent condition. André Brasilier is a French painter, born in 1929 in Saumur, France, who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Art in Paris. In 1952, he received the Florence Blumenthal Award and the Prix de Rome...
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1990s French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Sutherland, Original Travel Poster, Menton French Riviera, Beach, Palm Tree 1964
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster created by Graham Sutherland in 1964 to promote tourism on the Côte d'Azur, here in Menton. Artist: Graham Sutherland Title: Menton – Tropical - France Date: 1964 Size: 23 x ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

1959 TWA, Los Angeles Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1959 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to Los Angeles, California. Illustrated by influential Ame...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Brittany Discover France Mid-Century Modern
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway travel poster - Discover France By Train Brittany French National Railroads - featuring a colourful view by Jean Jacquelin (190...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

James Bond 'Goldfinger' Original Vintage Film Poster, Swedish, 1967
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...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

French Original Advertising Poster, Teppaz Circa 1960 by Alain GAUTHIER
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French Original Advertising Poster, Teppaz Circa 1960 by Alain GAUTHIER This particular record came player came out in 1960, it was advertised as a portable record player for teenag...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Jean Carlu, Original Vintage Poster, Ancient Peruvian Art, Museum, Louvre, 1956
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

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Paper

1954 Rear Window Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Widely ranked as one of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest films and among the greatest of all time, "Rear Window" was released in 1954. The film marked the second collaboration between the...
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1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Vintage Fly TWA Airlines to Los Angles Poster by Artist David Klein, circa 1960s
Located in St. Louis, MO
Super cool 1960s Fly TWA Airlines to Los Angles poster by famed artist David Klein. In very nice vintage condition, with only a few pins holes in the corne...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

1950 Monte-Carlo Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Absolutely stunning poster promoting the area of Monte-Carlo in Monaco from 1950. This mid-century piece has timeless class with artwork from French artist, widely regarded as the fa...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, 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...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster General Dynamics Radiation Arabic Erik Nitsche Maize
Located in London, GB
Original vintage General Dynamics poster by the illustrator, typographer and graphic designer Erik Nitsche (1908-1998) featuring a silhouette of wheat crops in black and grey with a ...
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1950s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Tauzin, Original Travel Poster, Berck Beach, Fishing, Hunting, Sailboat, 1905
By Louis Tauzin
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster for the Chemins de Fer du Nord produced by Louis Tauzin in 1905 to promote tourism to Berck Plage (Pas-de-Calais) 3 hours from Paris. Artist: Louis Tauzin (1842-1915) Title: ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

'The Man with the Golden Arm' Original Movie Poster by Saul Bass, British, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
Based on a novel by Nelson Algren, Otto Preminger's controversial and groundbreaking 1955 drama "The Man with the Golden Arm" starred Frank Sinatra in an...
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1950s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Nielsen, Original Travel Poster, North America SAS Airline Aviation Buffalo 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Scandinavian advertising poster for SAS to promote tourism in Northern America. Artist: Otto Nielsen (1916 - 2000) Title: North America by SAS Date: 1960 Size (w x h): 24.8 x 39.2 i...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage 1950s French Government Tourism Poster 'Notre-Dame'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage 1950s French Government Tourism Poster 'Notre-Dame' This is an original vintage travel tourism poster, it was printed and published ...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Other

"The U.S. Marines Want You" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1940. The poster depicts a no-nonsense Marine drill instructor, pointing directly at the viewer, in front of a ...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Marc Chagall, 'Nice Soleil' Vintage Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is a edition featuring a blind stamp with the markings RGM (Galerie RG Michel) This poster was printed in France by and for the French Government. Published in an unnumbered run of 5000 Unsigned Sorlier, posters Pg. 38. Marc Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Nice Soleil...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Nielsen, Original Travel Poster Scandinavia, Fly SAS Airline Aviation Moose 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Scandinavian advertising poster for SAS to promote tourism in Scandinavia. Artist: Otto Nielsen (1916 - 2000) Title: Scandinavia by SAS Date: 1960 Size (w x h): 24.8 x 39.2 in / 63 ...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Framed Paper Movie Poster for Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A framed movie poster for the re-release of Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO, starring Janet Leigh, Anthony Perkins, and Vera Miles. The poster was folde...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Wood, Paper

'The Italian Job' Original Vintage Japanese B2 Movie Poster, 1969
Located in Devon, GB
An action-packed Japanese B2 poster for the 1969 British crime caper "The Italian Job," starring Michael Caine as cockney criminal Charlie Croker, fresh out of prison and planning a heist in Italy. Consistently voted one of the greatest ever British movies, the quintessential sixties film has become a cult favourite and a Classic of the heist genre, while Caine's famous one-liner "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" has taken on a life of its own. Despite receiving a Golden Globe nomination for Best English-Language Foreign Film, "The Italian Job" was not a success in America at the time of its release. Caine blamed its failure on a misleading marketing Campaign, explaining to Empire magazine that the US poster "was a naked woman and me. And I said, 'This is for kids. There aren't any naked women in it! We're going to get a load of old guys coming in to see naked women and they're going to be pissed off, and mums aren't going to bring their children.' They said, 'We're not going to change the poster,' so I got on a plane and came home." While utilizing the same elements as the US poster in a more diminutive form, this superb Japanese poster places its focus on the real stars of the movie - the red, white and blue mini coopers...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

James Bond 'Goldfinger' Original Vintage Film Poster, Swedish, 1965
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 ...
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1960s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

'Please, Not Now!' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1963
Located in Devon, GB
A sultry Brigitte Bardot sizzles on this striking stone lithography poster for the French screwball rom-com 'La Bride sur le cou,' released in Australia and the UK as 'Please, Not Now!' and in the US as 'Only For Love'. Bardot starred as the saucy young model who enlists a handsome doctor in a zany plan to make her boyfriend jealous when he goes off with an American heiress. Directed by Bardot''s former husband Roger Vadim...
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1960s Australian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

'Motorpsycho' Original Vintage Movie Poster, American, 1965
Located in Devon, GB
"Cyclemaniacs assaulting and killing for thrills! Bike riding hoodlums flat-out on their murder cycles." A motorcycle blasts through the newspaper headlines on this explosive US O...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

"Till We Meet Again. Buy War Bonds" WWII Poster by Joseph Hirsch, Circa 1942
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII poster from 1942, promoting the purchase of War Bonds. The poster depicts a smiling soldier in khaki uniform and cap, as he waves from a ship’s porthole...
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1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

1969 Disneyland - Skyway - Tomorrowland Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning & exceptionally rare attraction poster from 1969 promoting the Skyway attraction in Tomorrowland at Disneyland. Opening in 1955 in Anaheim, California, Disneyland was opened...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Herve Morvan, Original Vintage Poster, Bendix, Fun Kitchen, 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster-Herve Morvan-Bendix-Alufroid-Frigo, 1960 Hervé Morvan trained at the Duperré School of Applied Arts in Paris where he learned to master mural art...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage French Advertising Poster, Verigoud by Savignac, 1955
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage French advertising poster, VERIGOUD by Savignac, 1955 This is an original poster, linen backed for pres...
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Vintage Pop Art Poster "Love Love Love" By Lothar Gunther Buchheim, 1969
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Psychedelic Pop Art Poster " Love Love Love " By Lothar Gunther Buchheim, 1969 "Lothar-Günther Buchheim (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007) was a Germa...
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1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Jean Prouvé Exhibition Posters, set of Five, Important Provenance 1982-2001
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of Five Jean Prouvé Exhibition Posters, 1982–2001 — Important Provenance Offset lithographs in color, issued for various exhibitions celebrating the work of Jean Prouvé from 1982...
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1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

'Ocean's 11' Original Vintage U.S. Insert Movie Poster, 1960
Located in Devon, GB
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. ooze effortless cool as they stroll down the Las Vegas strip on this scarce US insert poster for seminal 1960 heist movie ‘Ocean’s 11...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Midcentury French 'Campari Soda' Poster by Mingozzi, 1950
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage midcentury French 'Campari Soda' poster by Mingozzi, 1950 This original vintage lithograph poster epitomizes the opulent 1950s era. Th...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Other

1963 from Russia with Love Original Vintage Poster
By Renato Fratini
Located in Winchester, GB
"From Russia With Love" marked the second film in the James Bond series and the second outing for Sean Connery in the titular role. The film was a huge critical and commercial succes...
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1960s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Linen, Paper

Jean Jacquelin, Original Travel Poster, Castles of the Loire, Railways, 1956
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Poster-Jean Jacquelin-Castles of the Loire-Railways, 1956 Poster of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) for promote coa...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Roland, Original Food Poster, Elle et Vire, Butter Milk Flowers Countryside 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Advertising poster created by Andre Roland in the 1960s for the Elle et Vire brand. Artist: Roland André Title : Elle et Vire – La fraîcheur des champs sur votre table Date: circa 1...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Nielsen, Original Travel Poster, Near East Fly SAS Airline, Aviation, Camel 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Scandinavian advertising poster for SAS to promote tourism in the Near East. Artist: Otto Nielsen (1916 - 2000) Title: Near East by SAS Date: 1960 Size: 24.8 x 39.2 in / 63 x 99.6 c...
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

80s Vintage Original Milton Avery Husband and Wife Exhibition Lithograph Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Rare, Oversized, Original, Out of Print, Milton Avery Exhibition Lithograph Print entitled "Husband and Wife" published in 1984 by the Wadsworth Atheneum Art Museum of Hartford, Con...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

'Ulysses' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Wiktor Gorka, Polish, 1957
Located in Devon, GB
A simplified adaptation of Homer's 'Odyssey,' the 1954 Italian fantasy-adventure film 'Ulysses' follows the warrior king on his wandering ten year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, where his loyal queen and son pray for his safe return. Kirk Douglas starred as the titular Greek hero, alongside producer Dino De Laurentiis' wife Silvana Mangano in a double role as both the faithful wife Penelope and mysterious sorceress Circe. Shot over seven months on a budget of $3 million, with almost a year in post-production, 'Ulysses' earned $124 million at the US box office alone and provided a template for Italian productions to come, igniting the sword-and-sandal craze for lavish Greco-Roman historical...
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1950s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Villemot, Original Vintage Poster, French Railway, Car Rental, Train, Key, 1971
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster created by Bernard Villemot in 1971 for the French Railway. Artist: Bernard Villemot Title: SNCF – Service Train + Auto – Location de voitures Date: 1971 Siz...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster Rene Gruau Biancheria Ortalion Woman Italian Fashion
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster by the world-renown artist, Rene Gruau. This poster is a classic and stylish poster oozing elegance and sophistication. This poster is linen backed...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Original Vintage SNOOPY Poster, circa 1958
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster of SNOOPY, 'Someday I Must Give Up This Mad, Carefree Existence' This poster has been linen backed for preservation, it is in excellent condition....
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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French Mid-Century Modern, Large Framed Racing Poster, Monaco Grand Prix, 1997
Located in Manhasset, NY
French Mid-Century Modern, Large Framed Racing Poster, Monaco Grand Prix, 1997 Original vintage motorsport poster for the Grand Prix De Monaco Historique taking place on the 3 and 4 May 1997 featuring a dynamic image of red, green and blue vintage classic racing cars driving at speed past some historical architecture. The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is a series of automobile races focused on historic motorsport. The event is typically held biennially two weeks before the Formula One Grand Prix...
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1990s Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Steve McQueen 'Bullitt' Original Vintage US One Sheet Movie Poster, 1968
Located in Devon, GB
In one of his most famous roles at the pinnacle of his career, Steve McQueen is the essence of cool as tough cop Frank Bullitt in this action-packed 1968 crime thriller, featuring on...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Posters

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Paper, Linen

Mid-century Modern posters for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern posters for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage posters created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern posters made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and Czech Republic pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original posters, popular names associated with this style include Marcel Duchamp, Charles Camoin, Henryk Tomaszewski, and Lance Wyman. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for posters differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $25 and tops out at $48,479 while the average work can sell for $1,027.

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