Auction 16 - International Posters

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Our 16th bi-annual poster auction will be divided into 4 special themes:



Advertising

Military & Propaganda

Film

Travel.


We offer approximately 100 posters per section.


ADVERTISING: Posters include café and restaurant posters, products, food & drinks and World’s Fair items. Among the highlights are Cappiello’s “Pate Éclair” (lot 22), Mauzan’s work for Bertozzi (lot 25), a beautiful French wine poster by Orazi (lot 33), and a rare American Victor Cycles poster from the 1890s (lot 47). Other well-known artists include Grasset and Hohlwein.



The MAITRES DE L’AFICHE selection includes fine works by Cheret, Grün, Steinlen, and Privat-Livemont, among others.



The PROPAGANDA & MILITARY section includes works from World War I through the Vietnam War, including some Russian photomontage posters, Spanish Civil War ephemera and a group of Mather Work Incentive posters. The famous “I want you” poster by Flagg (lot 117), Rudi Feld’s “Die Gefahr de Bolschewismus” (lot 116), Ludwig Hohlwein’s “Luftschutz” and “Und Du” (lots 142 and 152), Freese’s “Nuremberg – Guilty” lot 185) and Brandt’s “And Babies?” are all part of this diverse selection. Artists include Mihaly Biro, Jean Carlu, Norman Rockwell, John Falter, Joseph Leyendecker, Ben Shahn and many others.



The FILM selection includes posters from the 1940s through the 1960s. Highlights are two very rare posters for the original release of Godzilla (lots 269 and 273), the US one-sheet for “The Maltese Falcon” (lot 212), Leni Riefenstahl’s “Blue Light” (lot 213), “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (lot 271) and Ocean’s 11 (lot 286).



The TRAVEL section starts with a selection of WORLD’S FAIR and TRAIN posters. There are two posters for the 1878 World’s Fair in Paris (lots 312 and 313) as well as a number of pieces for the American Fairs in Chicago, New York and San Francisco (lots 326, 327, 328, 329, 333 and 338). The train poster selection includes two original gouache artworks for Southern Pacific and a wonderful selection of posters by Maurice Logan (336 through 352). Other items include ocean liner memorabilia, several David Klein works (New York, Disneyland) for TWA, Pan Am Clipper posters and a selection of travel posters from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Switzerland. The sale concludes with 2 classic zeppelin travel posters from the 1930s by artists Ottomar Anton and Jupp Wiertz (lots 427 and 428).
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Beggarstaff Poster Maitre101 - Beggarstaff Poster Maitre
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101 Beggarstaff Brothers A Trip to Chinatown Lithograph 1899 15.7 x 11.4 in. (40 x 29 cm) (A-) tiny tear in the right margin, tiny
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Men Wanted for Army poster102 - Men Wanted for Army poster
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102 Whalen, Michael P. Men Wanted for the Army (artillery) Lithograph ca. 1910 40.9 x 29.9 in. (104 x 76 cm) (B+) small tears and
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Old Men Wanted for Army Poster103 - Old Men Wanted for Army Poster
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103 Whalen, Michael P. Men Wanted for the Army (telecommunication) Lithograph ca. 1910 40.1 x 29.1 in. (102 x 74 cm) (A-/B+) on Ja
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Old German Military Poster 1917104 - Old German Military Poster 1917
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104 Barmann, Ch. Der Hias - ein feldgraues Spiel Lithograph 1917 47.2 x 32.2 in. (120 x 82 cm) (B+) tears and two small paper loss
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Start Price : 160.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Lot of 2 original WW I Posters105 - Lot of 2 original WW I Posters
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105 Cay, Alexander M. (Alexander M. Kaiser) 1887 - 1971 Durch Arbeit zum Sieg (+ 1 poster) Lithograph 1918 38.1 x 25.5 in. (97 x 65 cm
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Original Hohlwein WW I Poster106 - Original Hohlwein WW I Poster
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106 Hohlwein, Ludwig 1874 - 1949 Krieger-Heim-Stätten Lithograph ca. 1918 26.7 x 19.2 in. (68 x 49 cm) (B+) was folded, tiny tears
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Original Lubok Poster Russia 1914107 - Original Lubok Poster Russia 1914
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107 Anonymous - Russia Lubok Lithograph ca. 1914 21.2 x 14.5 in. (54 x 37 cm) (A-) minimal tears at the edges, tiny loss in the to
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Group of 4 old WW I Posters108 - Group of 4 old WW I Posters
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108 Faivre, Jules Abel 1867 - 1945 Pour la France versez votre or (4 posters) Lithograph 1915 47.2 x 31.4 in. (120 x 80 cm) (kein)
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Old Russian Lubok Poster109 - Old Russian Lubok Poster
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109 Anonymous - Russia Lubok Lithograph ca. 1914 22.8 x 15.7 in. (58 x 40 cm) (A) tiny tears and pencil scribbling in the margin,
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Famous German Anti-Bolshevist Poster 110 - Famous German Anti-Bolshevist Poster
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110 Monogr. OK Nieder mit dem Bolschewismus Lithograph 1919 26.7 x 39.3 in. (68 x 100 cm) (A) minimal tears at the edges Estim
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Group of 3 WW I Posters Austria111 - Group of 3 WW I Posters Austria
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111 Various Artists Kriegsanleihe (3 posters) Lithograph ca. 1917 37.4 x 24.8 in. (95 x 63 cm) (kein) incl. -Und Ihr- by Anonymous
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German WW I Poster 1918112 - German WW I Poster 1918
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112 Georgi, Walter 1871 - 1924 Kriegsanleihe - Helft den Hütern Eures Glückes Lithograph 1918 55.9 x 37.7 in. (142 x 96 cm) (B) on
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German WW I Poster 1919113 - German WW I Poster 1919
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113 Anonymous - Germany Not, Elend, Hunger, Zerstörung Lithograph 1919 24.4 x 18.1 in. (62 x 46 cm) (A-) small tears at the edges<
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Hohlwein 1917 Poster WW I114 - Hohlwein 1917 Poster WW I
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114 Hohlwein, Ludwig 1874 - 1949 Herzlichen Dank - Spende zur Kriegsweihnacht Offset 1917 12.9 x 18.1 in. (33 x 46 cm) (A-) was fo
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Hohlwein Ludendorff Poster 1918115 - Hohlwein Ludendorff Poster 1918
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115 Hohlwein, Ludwig 1874 - 1949 Ludendorff-Spende Letterprint 1918 11.8 x 17.3 in. (30 x 44 cm) (A) Estimate: $350 Reser
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Fantastic Anti-Bolshevist Poster 1919116 - Fantastic Anti-Bolshevist Poster 1919
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116 Feld, Rudi 1896 - 1994 Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus Lithograph 1919 37 x 27.5 in. (94 x 70 cm) (A-) tiny tears and minimal cre
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Start Price : 900.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,600.00
 
 
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Original I want you WW I Flagg117 - Original I want you WW I Flagg
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117 Flagg, James Montgomery 1877 - 1960 I want you for U.S. Army Lithograph 1917 40.5 x 29.9 in. (103 x 76 cm) (B+) on linen, smal
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Rare Biro Politika Poster118 - Rare Biro Politika Poster
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118 Biró, Milhály 1886 - 1948 Politika Lithograph 1918 49.2 x 37.7 in. (125 x 96 cm) (B+) poster for a radical political newspaper
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Original Malevich Poster 1914119 - Original Malevich Poster 1914
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119 Malewitsch, Kasemir 1878 - 1935 Lubok Lithograph ca. 1914 22 x 14.5 in. (56 x 37 cm) (A) minimal creasing, the text reads -Loo
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Old Uncle Sam vs. Kaiser Poster120 - Old Uncle Sam vs. Kaiser Poster
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120 Bressler, Harry S. Help Uncle Sam Stamp Out the Kaiser Lithograph ca. 1917 39.3 x 26.7 in. (100 x 68 cm) (B) was folded, on li
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