Vintage Posters

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[ Advertising posters | World War I & II posters ]

Julien Lacaze (French, 1886-1971). "Chemins de Fer d'Alsace et de Lorraine. La Lorraine Pittoresque." [Alsace and Lorraine Railways: Picturesque Lorraine.] France, ca. 1925. 37 x 26. Signed in image. Several minor tears in margins expertly repaired. Poster has been backed with rice paper. 2 1/2 x 1/2 loss in margin which has been filled and in-painted. Pin holes in corner. $1,200

Pedro Lozanno de Sotes. (1907-1985). "Pamplona San Fermin de 1954 Feria y Fiestas del 6 al 20 de Julio Grandes Corridas De Toros-emocionantes encierros." 1954. 39 1/2 x 25 1/2. Chromolithograph printed by Ortega in Valencia, Spain. With irregular folds. Six and one half inch horizontal tear left had side with old repair on verso. Top left corner two vertical creases. Several short repaired tears along folds. Else, fine condition.

A dramatic poster of the the running of the bulls in Spain. Known as the Feast of San Fermin, the event occurs every July. $1,500

Elio Ximenes. (1855-1926). "Lago di Garda Tremosine." ca. 1905. 37 1/2 x 25 3/4". Chromolithograph. Several repaired tears into image and filled chips in margins. Else, very good condition. $1,400

W. Walter Calvert. "Visit Washington. Go By Train. Pennsylvania Railroad." [White House]. Pennsylvania Railroad poster, circa 1955. Approximately 40 x 25. Multiple creases and some repaired tears in the gold colored background at top of print.

Calvert, who lived in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was a commercial artist who was a member of the Art Directors Club of Philadelphia, Sketch Club, and was commissioned by the Bell Telephone, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia Electric Company and other companies to provide art work for their advertising campaigns. $550

CIRCUS POSTERS

• Maxwell Frederic Coplan. "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. See You at The Greatest Show on Earth" ca. 1955. 40 x 26 (image) plus margins. Top left corner of margin missing not affecting image. [Vertical bust photo of Lou Jacobs (1903-1992) as a clown]. $575

  
  

• Maxwell Frederic Coplan. "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. See You at The Greatest Show on Earth" ca. 1955. 26 x 40 (image) plus margins. [Horizontal bust photo of Lou Jacobs (1903-1992) as a clown]. $750

  
  

• Lawon Wood. "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey." ca. 1943. 26 1/4 x 39 3/4. Repaired tears and holes in margin corners. [Amusing image of chimpanzees waiting in line to pay an elephant for admission into the circus]. $325

  
  

• Anon. "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The Greatest Show on Earth" ca. 1950. 42 1/2 x 26 1/2 (image) plus margins. Top left corner of red border surround image missing; else very good condition. [Fierce tiger at top and lion at bottom]. $300

  
  

  

  
  

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