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Some photos of our Modernist Posters auction preview at Swann - Also open Saturday 12-5, & Monday 10-12 before the auction! Catalogue Here
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Some photos of our Modernist Posters auction preview at Swann - Also open Saturday 12-5, & Monday 10-12 before the auction! Catalogue Here
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Some photos of our Modernist Posters auction preview at Swann - Also open Saturday 12-5, & Monday 10-12 before the auction! Catalogue Here
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Some photos of our Modernist Posters auction preview at Swann - Also open Saturday 12-5, & Monday 10-12 before the auction! Catalogue Here
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Some photos of our Modernist Posters auction preview at Swann - Also open Saturday 12-5, & Monday 10-12 before the auction!

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My favorite of the rock posters in the May auction Sale 2314 Lot 236 WES WILSON (1937- ) LOVE / MOBY GRAPE / LEE MICHAELS. 1966. 23 1/2x14 inches, 59 3/4x35 1/2 cm. West Coast Lithograph Co., SF. Condition A. Printed on thick paper. The Art of Rock BG 40. Estimate $400-600
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My favorite of the rock posters in the May auction

Sale 2314 Lot 236

WES WILSON (1937- ) LOVE / MOBY GRAPE / LEE MICHAELS. 1966. 
23 1/2x14 inches, 59 3/4x35 1/2 cm. West Coast Lithograph Co., SF. 
Condition A. Printed on thick paper. 
The Art of Rock BG 40. 
Estimate $400-600

Sale 2314 Lot 235 NICHOLAS KOUNINOS (DATES UNKNOWN) PROCOL HARUM / PINK FLOYD. 1967. 21x14 inches, 53 1/4x35 1/2 cm. Condition A: minor abrasions at edges. Printed on thick paper. The Art of Rock BG 92. Estimate $400-600 Catalogue here
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Sale 2314 Lot 235

NICHOLAS KOUNINOS (DATES UNKNOWN) PROCOL HARUM / PINK FLOYD. 1967. 
21x14 inches, 53 1/4x35 1/2 cm. 
Condition A: minor abrasions at edges. Printed on thick paper. 
The Art of Rock BG 92. 
Estimate $400-600

Catalogue here

Sale 2314 Lot 208 ANDERS BECKMAN (1907-1967) HEMSLÖJD. 1955. 39 1/4x27 1/2 inches, 99 3/4x70 cm. Nylunds Lito, Stockholm. Condition B: tape on verso along tears through top and bottom edges into image; creases, abrasions and discoloration in margins and image; tears at edges; water stains along upper edge. Paper. Beckman was one of Sweden’s foremost graphic designers. Amongst his major clients were AB Aerotransport (ABA), Sweden’s first airline company, which eventually became SAS. Beckman was renowned not only for his poster work, but also for the Pavilion he designed for the 1939 New York World’s Fair and many other international exhibitions and events. In 1939, he founded the Anders Beckman School to train up-and-coming Swedish youth in fashion and advertising design. Here he advertises an exhibition of handicrafts at Stockholm’s renowned Liljevalchs Art Gallery. True mid-century Swedish modern design. Estimate $500-750  Full Catalogue here
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Sale 2314 Lot 208

ANDERS BECKMAN (1907-1967) HEMSLÖJD. 1955. 
39 1/4x27 1/2 inches, 99 3/4x70 cm. Nylunds Lito, Stockholm. 
Condition B: tape on verso along tears through top and bottom edges into image; creases, abrasions and discoloration in margins and image; tears at edges; water stains along upper edge. Paper. 
Beckman was one of Sweden’s foremost graphic designers. Amongst his major clients were AB Aerotransport (ABA), Sweden’s first airline company, which eventually became SAS. Beckman was renowned not only for his poster work, but also for the Pavilion he designed for the 1939 New York World’s Fair and many other international exhibitions and events. In 1939, he founded the Anders Beckman School to train up-and-coming Swedish youth in fashion and advertising design. Here he advertises an exhibition of handicrafts at Stockholm’s renowned Liljevalchs Art Gallery. True mid-century Swedish modern design. 
Estimate $500-750

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Sale 2314 Lot 206 ASHLEY HAVINDEN (1903-1973) KEP / DELICIOUS WITH FISH. Circa 1950. 39 1/2x25 inches, 101 1/4x63 1/2 cm. Condition A- / B+: tears at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper. When Havinden, a well-known gourmand, designed this poster he might well have been remembering some of the great seafood meals he ate at Maison Prunier. This poster is a tribute to Cassandre’s image for the renowned fish restaurant. In this instance, however, it is fish sauce levitating above the table with a white table cloth and not the fish itself. Estimate $400-600 Full Catalogue here
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Sale 2314 Lot 206

ASHLEY HAVINDEN (1903-1973) KEP / DELICIOUS WITH FISH. Circa 1950. 
39 1/2x25 inches, 101 1/4x63 1/2 cm. 
Condition A- / B+: tears at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper. 
When Havinden, a well-known gourmand, designed this poster he might well have been remembering some of the great seafood meals he ate at Maison Prunier. This poster is a tribute to Cassandre’s image for the renowned fish restaurant. In this instance, however, it is fish sauce levitating above the table with a white table cloth and not the fish itself. 
Estimate $400-600

Full Catalogue here

Sale 2314 Lot 163 VARIOUS ARTISTS [MANHATTAN.] Group of 3 posters. Circa 1946. Each approximately 18x12 inches, 45 3/4x30 1/2 cm. Kelly-Read & Co., Rochester, NY. Condition varies, generally B+: abrasions in margins and image; creases at edges. Printed on card. Estimate $500-750  Catalogue here 
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Sale 2314 Lot 163 VARIOUS ARTISTS [MANHATTAN.] Group of 3 posters. Circa 1946. Each approximately 18x12 inches, 45 3/4x30 1/2 cm. Kelly-Read & Co., Rochester, NY. Condition varies, generally B+: abrasions in margins and image; creases at edges. Printed on card. Estimate $500-750  Catalogue here 
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Sale 2314 Lot 163

VARIOUS ARTISTS [MANHATTAN.] Group of 3 posters. Circa 1946. 
Each approximately 18x12 inches, 45 3/4x30 1/2 cm. Kelly-Read & Co., Rochester, NY. 
Condition varies, generally B+: abrasions in margins and image; creases at edges. Printed on card. 

Estimate $500-750

 Catalogue here 

Sale 2314 Lot 106 ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968) L’ART DECORATIF & LA PEINTURE MODERNE FRANCAISE / LORD AND TAYLOR. 1927. 11 3/4x6 3/4 inches, 29 3/4x17 cm. Condition A. Printed on wood. Matted and framed. This unpublished maquette is Cassandre’s only known work on wood. It is most likely a self portrait and depicts the artist’s head in the form of a palette with a star, a symbol of creativity, emerging from his brain. The post-Cubist, poetic and elegant image is Cassandre at his painterly best. This project was for the catalogue cover for the seminal exhibition at New York’s Lord & Taylor department store. Held in 1928, the exhibition was the brainchild of Dorothy Shaver, the store’s Fashion Director and then President. She was inspired by the 1925 Art Deco exhibition in Paris, and her goal was to showcase for the American market French furniture and house hold objects designed in this new style. The exhibition was designed by Eli Jacques Kahn and was punctuated by artwork created by France’s avant-garde artists. The design ultimately selected for catalogue of the show showed abstract images of objects (a palette, a vase etc). Although not signed, it is also clearly the work of Cassandre. Probably because the show featured household items, this design was rejected. Such was the success and popularity of the show that Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and other major department stores shortly followed suit, hosting similar exhibitions of their own. Cassandre / Suntory p. 65, Cassandre / Bibliotheque Nationale p. 45. provenance: Purchased from the artitst’s studio Estimate $25,000-35,000
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Sale 2314 Lot 106

ADOLPHE MOURON CASSANDRE (1901-1968) L’ART DECORATIF & LA PEINTURE MODERNE FRANCAISE / LORD AND TAYLOR. 1927. 
11 3/4x6 3/4 inches, 29 3/4x17 cm. 
Condition A. Printed on wood. Matted and framed. 
This unpublished maquette is Cassandre’s only known work on wood. It is most likely a self portrait and depicts the artist’s head in the form of a palette with a star, a symbol of creativity, emerging from his brain. The post-Cubist, poetic and elegant image is Cassandre at his painterly best. This project was for the catalogue cover for the seminal exhibition at New York’s Lord & Taylor department store. Held in 1928, the exhibition was the brainchild of Dorothy Shaver, the store’s Fashion Director and then President. She was inspired by the 1925 Art Deco exhibition in Paris, and her goal was to showcase for the American market French furniture and house hold objects designed in this new style. The exhibition was designed by Eli Jacques Kahn and was punctuated by artwork created by France’s avant-garde artists. The design ultimately selected for catalogue of the show showed abstract images of objects (a palette, a vase etc). Although not signed, it is also clearly the work of Cassandre. Probably because the show featured household items, this design was rejected. Such was the success and popularity of the show that Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and other major department stores shortly followed suit, hosting similar exhibitions of their own. Cassandre / Suntory p. 65, Cassandre / Bibliotheque Nationale p. 45. 
provenance: Purchased from the artitst’s studio 
Estimate $25,000-35,000

Sale 2314 Lot 95 H.A. VOLODIMER (DATES UNKNOWN) GRAND PRIX D’ENDURANCE DE 24 HEURES / COUPE RUDGE - WHITWORTH. 1923. 23x34 inches, 59x88 cm. Ch. Hirvyl, Angers. Condition B+: tears at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper. Volodimer would not be remembered at all as a poster artist except for the images he designed in 1923, 1924 and 1925 for the first three, 24-hour endurance car races that became known as the legendary “Le Mans.” It was originally conceived as a three-year event, in which the winner, determined by whoever amassed the most miles over the three separate races, would be awarded the Rudge-Whitworth Cup. For this first-ever running of the prestigious race, the artist provides an exciting night time scene to emphasize the 24-hour aspect of the race. The poster also provides information about the other activities included to ensure that this became a popular and trendy event, such as fireworks, a jazz band and food organized by a Parisian brasserie. A rare document from the history of car racing. Estimate $12,000-18,000
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H.A. VOLODIMER (DATES UNKNOWN) GRAND PRIX D’ENDURANCE DE 24 HEURES / COUPE RUDGE - WHITWORTH. 1923. 
23x34 inches, 59x88 cm. Ch. Hirvyl, Angers. 
Condition B+: tears at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image. Paper. 
Volodimer would not be remembered at all as a poster artist except for the images he designed in 1923, 1924 and 1925 for the first three, 24-hour endurance car races that became known as the legendary “Le Mans.” It was originally conceived as a three-year event, in which the winner, determined by whoever amassed the most miles over the three separate races, would be awarded the Rudge-Whitworth Cup. For this first-ever running of the prestigious race, the artist provides an exciting night time scene to emphasize the 24-hour aspect of the race. The poster also provides information about the other activities included to ensure that this became a popular and trendy event, such as fireworks, a jazz band and food organized by a Parisian brasserie. A rare document from the history of car racing. 
Estimate $12,000-18,000

Sale 2314 Lot 89 JAN KOTTING, JR. (1909-1984) VERZENDT BLOEMEN EN FRUIT / PER KLM. Circa 1930. 41 1/4x30 1/2 inches, 105x77 1/2 cm. Kotting, Amsterdam. Condition B+: minor restoration at edges and in corners. Advertising KLM’s freight / cargo service, by which “flowers and fruit can be sent the same day to all European destinations.” The artist cleverly turns the small streets of Amsterdam into a play on perspective into which he interlaces the typography. In attempting to date this poster we notice that the KLM offices and phone numbers listed were all in existence by at least 1928. Estimate $800-1,200
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Sale 2314 Lot 89

JAN KOTTING, JR. (1909-1984) VERZENDT BLOEMEN EN FRUIT / PER KLM. Circa 1930. 
41 1/4x30 1/2 inches, 105x77 1/2 cm. Kotting, Amsterdam. 
Condition B+: minor restoration at edges and in corners. 
Advertising KLM’s freight / cargo service, by which “flowers and fruit can be sent the same day to all European destinations.” The artist cleverly turns the small streets of Amsterdam into a play on perspective into which he interlaces the typography. In attempting to date this poster we notice that the KLM offices and phone numbers listed were all in existence by at least 1928. 
Estimate $800-1,200

Awesome poster from our May 13th Modernist sale Sale 2314 Lot 59 F. TARAZONA (DATES UNKNOWN) TEATRO APOLO / VELASCO. Circa 1925. 64x39 inches, 162 1/2x99 cm. J. Ortega, Valencia. Condition B-: losses, repaired tears, abrasions and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds and in margins and image; extensive creasing throughout; text banner affixed to top. Framed. We don’t know where the Apolo was located (other than in Spain), and there is no listed information on either the artist nor the performer. Yet, this image, which evokes the look and feel of posters emerging from Weimar Germany during the same period, is a paroxysm of 1920s music hall decadence and excess. Estimate $1,500-2,000 See the catalogue here -
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Awesome poster from our May 13th Modernist sale

Sale 2314 Lot 59

F. TARAZONA (DATES UNKNOWN) TEATRO APOLO / VELASCO. Circa 1925. 
64x39 inches, 162 1/2x99 cm. J. Ortega, Valencia. 
Condition B-: losses, repaired tears, abrasions and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds and in margins and image; extensive creasing throughout; text banner affixed to top. Framed. 
We don’t know where the Apolo was located (other than in Spain), and there is no listed information on either the artist nor the performer. Yet, this image, which evokes the look and feel of posters emerging from Weimar Germany during the same period, is a paroxysm of 1920s music hall decadence and excess. 
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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Vintage David Klein TWA Posters

Excited to see the appraisal of David Klein posters on Antiques Roadshow tonight! Love the mid-century vibe of these!

Nicho on Antiques Roadshow tonight!

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Sale 2314 Lot 57 PETER DE GREEF (1901-1985) [SHEET MUSIC COVERS.] Two sheet music covers. Circa 1920s. Sizes vary, each approximately 13 1/2x10 1/2 inches, 34 1/4x26 3/4 cm. Condition varies, generally B+. Paper. Includes Les Pom-Pons and Dans Tes Yeux. Estimate $600-900 Click here for the full catalogue
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Sale 2314 Lot 57 PETER DE GREEF (1901-1985) [SHEET MUSIC COVERS.] Two sheet music covers. Circa 1920s. Sizes vary, each approximately 13 1/2x10 1/2 inches, 34 1/4x26 3/4 cm. Condition varies, generally B+. Paper. Includes Les Pom-Pons and Dans Tes Yeux. Estimate $600-900 Click here for the full catalogue
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PETER DE GREEF (1901-1985) [SHEET MUSIC COVERS.] Two sheet music covers. Circa 1920s. 
Sizes vary, each approximately 13 1/2x10 1/2 inches, 34 1/4x26 3/4 cm. 
Condition varies, generally B+. Paper. 
Includes Les Pom-Pons and Dans Tes Yeux. 
Estimate $600-900

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Sale 2314 Lot 46 ASTA TIGRI (DATES UNKNOWN) BAL DE LA FOURRURE. 1926. 31x20 1/4 inches, 79x51 1/2 cm. Phogor, Paris. Condition A-: creases and abrasions at edges. The annual Furriers Ball in Paris was advertised by such Art Deco luminaries as Charles Gesmar, Maurice Milliere and the unknown Asta Tigri who designed both this poster and the image for the same event the following year. This image, for the fifth ball, was also used on the cover of the evening’s program. Estimate $1,500-2,000 Click here for the full catalogue
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Sale 2314 Lot 46

ASTA TIGRI (DATES UNKNOWN) BAL DE LA FOURRURE. 1926. 
31x20 1/4 inches, 79x51 1/2 cm. Phogor, Paris. 
Condition A-: creases and abrasions at edges. 
The annual Furriers Ball in Paris was advertised by such Art Deco luminaries as Charles Gesmar, Maurice Milliere and the unknown Asta Tigri who designed both this poster and the image for the same event the following year. This image, for the fifth ball, was also used on the cover of the evening’s program. 
Estimate $1,500-2,000

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