Auction Details
Amazing group of important posters.
EXHIBITIONS AND HOLIDAYS with the poster CHAT NOIR (142x100cm) by Steinlen, Spring holidays in Sevilla from 1920 to 1940. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN MADRID an important collection with posters of the Carnival, Feria de San Isidro, Verbena de la Paloma etc. One outstanding poster of 1901 by E. Varela, and with about 20 posters pre-1936. TOURISM with more than a dozen of the P.N.T from 1920-1930. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING with a poster of 1845 advertising a French edition of QUIJOTE, several modernist posters by Ramon Casas, Alexandre de Riquer, Bouisset, Cheret, Cappiello, etc. JAZZ, two important posters by Paul Colin and Clare. MOTORCICLES AND BICICLE. Important group of very good quality posters from the begining of the century, and races from 1910-1950. CIVIL WAR. The most important collection in the catalogue, of about 100 posters, from the Republican Area. In this group there are some of the most emblematic posters of our history.
CINEMA
This group consists of 160 posters, from silent Movies to the 1960’s.
Of special interest are the posters of TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932), MARIUS (1931), RED HEADED WOMAN (1932), ALICE ADAMS (1935), SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1938), LA BELLE ET LA BETE (1946), BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) , THE BIG PARADE (1924), THE SHEIK (1921), BEN-HUR (1925), THE CRUSADES (1935), CHINA SEAS (1935), HIGH NOON (1952), VIVA ZAPATA (1952), DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944), LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (1927), M. EINDE STADT EINEM MÖRDER (1931), THE SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939), ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932), THE THIRTY NINE STEPS (1935), THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936), THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949).