Modern Posters
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Period: Mid-20th Century
Original Vintage Soviet Poster "The Union is Indestructible" 1967
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original Vintage Soviet Poster
"The Union is Indestructible"
1967
unframed, some damage, wrinkles and folds, etc. - see images
Category
1960s Russian Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
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-...
Category
1940s British Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster, SNOOPY 'It's Good To Have A Friend' Circa 1958
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster from 1958 featuring SNOOPY by Schulz. This poster is in excellent condition and has been linen backed for preservation.
CONDITION
Good
FORMAT
L...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
80's Patrick Nagel Merrill Chase Gallery Chicago Silkscreen Print
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A 1980's stylized framed art gallery poster of a sexy women from that iconic era of disco , Wham and George Michael when life was happening during that period . This highest quality ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Large original poster of Mao Tse Tung, People's Republic of China, circa 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Large 1960s original poster of Mao Tse Toung, People's Republic of China, printed by the n°5 printing press in Beijing.
Recent framework with antireflective plexiglass.
Category
1960s Chinese Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Plexiglass, Paper
Snoopy Original Vintage Poster, 'It's Nice to Have a Friend', Circa 1958
By A. Schultz
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster from 1958 featuring SNOOPY by Schulz. This poster is in excellent condition and has been linen backed for preservation.
CONDITION
Good
FORMAT
L...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Vintage Art Deco Poster by Leonetto Cappiello Mossant Hats
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Art Deco Framed Painting of Leonetto Cappiello Mossant Hats
This is a poster created by the famous poster artist, Leonetto Cappiello. It wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage Gorilla Wall Chart by Jung - Koch - Quentell
Located in Antwerp, BE
Gorilla wall chart by Jung - Koch - Quentell.
A vintage wall school chart - pull down chart - roll up chart with Gorilla or anthropoid ape - the largest living primate which is a he...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Posters
Materials
Canvas, Paper
ORIGINAL Gouache Painting by Raymond Savignac, Circa 1960
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original work by the famous French artist, Raymond Savignac. Savignac was known for his playful creations and humorous designs.
This work is work has been painted in Gou...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paint
"Philadelphia" Vintage American Airlines Travel Poster, circa 1960s
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original American Airlines travel poster from the 1960s advertising Philadelphia as one of their alluring destinati...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original French Vintage Advertising Poster SAVIGNAC 'Laden Automatique'
By A. Schultz
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Poster for Savignac Laden Automatique. An advertisement designed in 1966 by Raymond Savignac.
Raymond Savignac was one of France's most iconic and influential poste...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
"Grand Canyon" Vintage Santa Fe Railroad Travel Poster by Oscar M. Bryn, 1949
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage Grand Canyon travel poster for the Santa Fe Southern Railway, issued in 1949. The poster promotes railroad travel...
Category
1940s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Peynet ‘Le Langage Des Fleurs’ Original Vintage Poster, C. 1970
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original vintage poster by the famous french illustrative artist, Raymond Peynet.
The poster translates to, 'The language of flowers' .
Raymond Peynet (1908-1999) was a...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paint, Linen
"Bougnat" Gouache Painting by Raymond SAVIGNAC, Circa 1960
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original work by the famous French artist, Raymond Savignac. Savignac was known for his playful creations and humorous designs. This poster depicts the service of having i...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paint
ORIGINAL Gouache Painting by Raymond Savignac, Circa 1960 'Driving Instructor'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original work by the famous French artist, Raymond Savignac. Savignac was known for his playful creations and humorous designs.
This work is work has been painted in Gou...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Advertising Poster, Boris Bucan Televizija Zagreb
By Boris Bucan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Boris Bucan was an internationally renowned graphic designer from Croatia. His graphic work has been widely exhibited all over the world.
This is an original vintage poster which is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Croatian Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
James NORTHFIELD, Original Oil Painting Circa. 1940
By Boris Bucan
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
This is an original oil painting by James Northfield. This paining has been signed by James Northfield himself, the painting has been done on board. It was most likely a study. The o...
Category
1940s Australian Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Vintage Advertising Poster, 'PORSCHE' BY Hanns Lohrer, 1962
By Hanns Lohrer
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original Vintage Advertising Poster, 'PORSCHE' BY Hanns Lohrer, 1962
This is an original poster printed in Germany in 1962. The overall condition is very good.
ARTIST
Hanns Lohr...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original 1st Ed. Roy Lichtenstein 'As I opened fire.' Triptych Stedelijk Lithos
By Roy Lichtenstein, Dutch Textile Museum
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Includes the complete three poster set. All vintage originals. Barn find!
NETH, c.1966. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) : as i opened fire (Triptych). Offset Lithographs in colors on t...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Claes Oldenburg Poster
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Claes Oldenberg Poster from 1969. Framed and ready to go!
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Jean Dubuffet vintage poster “10 ans d’art vivant 55 – 65”
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Original Jean Dubuffet Poster “10 ans d’art vivant 55 – 65” 1967
Published by Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul Alpes Maritime
Printed by Arte, Paris
Jean...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Iconic Op-Art Poster Created by Lanz Wyman for Mexico 68 Olympic Games
Located in Mexico, DF
Original Op-Art Posters printed for the Mexico 68 Olympic Games. The iconic design derives from the logo that integrated very successfully "Mexico 68" with t...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Max Ernst “Déchets d’Atelier” vintage signed poster
By Max Ernst
Located in Henley-on Thames, Oxfordshire
Signed Max Ernst original lithographic poster from the “Déchets d’Atelier” exhibition held at Galerie Alphonse Chave in Vence 1968
hand signed in pe...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Pink Floyd UFO Poster
Located in Faversham, GB
A wonderful poster advertising three concerts in February and March 1967 at London’s seminal hippy hangout, UFO Club.
The club was on Tottenham Court Road in London and this poster promotes concerts featuring Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, and the Brothers Grimm.
This poster was designed by Michael English...
Category
1960s British Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Art Glass, Wood, Paper
Henri Matisse, 'Musee National D’art Moderne' Original Exhibition Poster, 1956
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Between 1900 and 1905, Matisse painted in the style called Fauves (French for “wild beasts”). Many of his finest works were created in the decade or so after 1906. Matisse developed ...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
'Derain' Gaierie Maeght Original Vintage Poster
By André Derain
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Derain was born in 1880 in a small town just outside Paris. In 1898, while studying to be an engineer at the Académie Camillo, he attended painting classes, whilst there, he met Mati...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
The 46th Annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design Poster
Located in New York, NY
First edition, 4-color offset printed poster of this influential and now iconic Psychedelic-era image, commissioned as a call for entries for the 46th annual Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art and Design. Designed by Tom Daly, who also did the body painting with theatrical greasepaint and water-soluble acrylics on model Wandy Embry, and photographed by Kenneth Harris...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
George Rouault, 'Musee Du Louvre' Original Vintage Exhibition Poster, 1964
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
GEORGE ROUAULT MUSEE DU LOUVRE
Painter, draughtsman, and print artist, Georges Henri Rouaults' work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism. His use of colour and form i...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original 1966 Picasso Galerie 65 Cannes Exhibition Poster
Located in Princeton Junction, NJ
ABOUT : 1966 PICASSO GALERIE 65 CANNES EXHIBITION POSTER
OF THE PERIOD : 1960s
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES : original lithograph exhibition poster
DIMEN...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Large Flash Gordon Poster
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Flash Gordon Promotional Poster from the mid 1960's, printed like a comic book with tiny dots. Great graphics, would be great framed. If a half inch matte is used, the image wo...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Chagall "Jerusalem Windows" Original Mourlot Lithographed Poster, 1962
Located in Sharon, CT
The original 1962 Mourlot lithograph poster for the exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art.
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
'MUSÉE PICASSO PARIS' Original Exhibition Poster, Picasso by Roman CIESLEWICZ
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Pablo Picasso was the most dominant and influential artist of the first half of the 20th century. This poster features a black and white photograph of Picasso’s hand...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
'BLIZZAND EMBRACE' Original Vintage Advertising Poster c. 1968 by GRUAU
By René Gruau
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Extremely rare poster by Rene Gruau for ‘Blizzand’ raincoats, this elegant design by the Italian illustrator embodies the sophistication the brand strived to promote. The mysterious ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage French Camping Poster, c. 1950 by Francis Martocq
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A charming poster for a camping fair, this is an original advertising poster. It has been linen backed for preservation. Perfect for outdoor lovers, campers, hikers!
ARTIST
Franci...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Film Poster Affiche Le Cameraman, Buster Keaton
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large film poster - film affiche for the movie "Le Caméraman" - Buster Keaton.
This yellow film affiche dates from the 1960s and was made for France by Créations Publicitaires OPF Paris. It's a plastic over paper film affiche.
The original film " The cameraman " was a mute black and white film from 1928.
As these affiche was for outdoor use to make publicity, it is plasticized to be protected for the weather. He's in vintage condition so with traces of use like little holes as it was beeing hung and also some creases so do view all pictures well !
This vintage film affiche is great wall decoration for movie addicts and lovers of old films and also for someone who loves antique cameras...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Posters
Materials
Other
Original French Vintage Poster, 'Fête Des Mères', 1950s, Advertising
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original French vintage poster, 'Fête Des Mères'
This is an original vintage advertising poster for Mother's Day. It has been linen backed for preser...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin, circa 1949
Located in Nantucket, MA
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin (Swiss: 1916 - 1999), a watercolor and gouache painting original for one of Leupin's celeb...
Category
1940s Swiss Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Robert Rauschenberg 1963 Jewish Museum Poster
Located in Sharon, CT
Important rare poster for Rauschenberg's first major museum retrospective. Printed offset litho in two tones of black. Framed.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
After Raoul Dufy, Ville De Nice Galerie Des Ponchettes, 1954
Located in Holmfirth, GB
Vintage Raoul Dufy Lithographic Poster created for an exhibition at the Musee des Ponchettes, Nice. Printed by Mourlot, Paris.
Artist: (after) Raoul Dufy...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Offset Plate Film The Seekers, Land of Fury Film Offset Plate, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Aluminium offset plate for the film The Seekers - Land of Fury - Les Démons des Mers du Sud - De duivels der Zuidzee
Film Poster - Movie Poster with cast:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Posters
Materials
Aluminum
Pablo Picasso, ‘Tauromachies' at La Hune, 1954
Located in Holmfirth, GB
Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Tauromachies
Year: 1954
Edition: 500
Catalogue Raisonnée: Czwiklitzer n° 99
Size: 41 x 57 cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Film Poster The Seekers, Land of Fury Film Offset Plate, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
The Seekers - Land of Fury - Les Démons des Mers du Sud
Film Poster - Movie Poster with following cast:
Jack Hawkins - Glynis Johns - Noel Purcell - La...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Modern Posters
Materials
Aluminum
Original Vintage Exhibition 'David Hockney At Andre Emmerich' New York, 1969
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage exhibition 'David Hockney At Andre Emmerich' New York, 1969
David Hockney original exhibition poster designed and...
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Modern Posters
Rare Mies van der Rohe Exibition Poster Paris, 1950s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare exhibition poster from a Mies van der Rohe show at Musee de Pedagogique, Paris, circa 1950s. Great example of graphic design/architecture...
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster, 'Calder Crags and Critters' 1975 Galerie Maeght
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster, 'Calder Crags and Critters' 1975 Galerie Maeght
"Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles that embrace chance in th...
Category
1930s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Architectural Poster 'Georges Pompidou', Modern Art Museum 1977
By Marc Chagall
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
ARTIST
Marc Chagall
DIMENSIONS
86 x 56 cm
YEAR
1967
CONDITION
Good
Born in 1887, Chagall developed a unique and poetic personal visual language over the course of his career...
Category
1960s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Robert Indiana Pop Opera "Mother Of Us All" 1967 Poster
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Pop Art poster for the play "Mother of us All", by Virgil Thomson and Gertrude Stein. Poster originals limited no.49. Lithography by Johnson Printing Co., Minneapolis.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Poster "Affiches Originales des Maitres de l'Ecole de Paris" 1959
Located in Sharon, CT
Original Pablo Picasso lithograph poster. Maison de la Pensee Francaise 1959 show "Affiches Originales des Maitres de l'Ecole de Paris".
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Great Art Poster circa 1950s American Embassy, Paris
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A great art poster announcing an exhibit at American Embassy, Paris, circa 1950s.
Category
1950s French Vintage Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Modern posters for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern posters for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, 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, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern posters made in a specific country, there are Europe, France, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original posters, popular names associated with this style include OWO Ceramics, Razzia (Gérard Courbouleix–Dénériaz), Georges Mathieu, and Boris Bucan . 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 $49 and tops out at $19,112 while the average work can sell for $967.
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