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THE BIG STORE - Six Sheet (81" x 81"); Good on Linen

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
THE BIG STORE - Six Sheet (81  x 81 ); Good on Linen
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THE BIG STORE

Six Sheet (81" x 81")
Good on Linen; Artwork by Al Hirschfeld
MGM, 1941

Large format posters of this famous team seldom appear on the market, as most were utilized and destroyed during their display.

This grand, large-format poster, printed in four panels, was mounted on linen quite some time ago. It has undergone extensive paint work to address numerous areas of paper loss throughout. The entire white field has been airbrushed, as have many portions of the Hirschfeld image. Despite this, it remains a magnificent Marx Brothers poster, of which only one copy is known to exist.

The Big Store is the last of the Marx Brothers films for MGM. It features Groucho as Wolf J. Flywheel, Chico as Ravelli, and Harpo as Wacky, along with Margaret Dumont in her final appearance in a Marx picture. Billed as the final movie of their career as they announced their retirement, the Brothers would not appear together on screen again until five years later in United Artists' A Night in Casablanca.

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