Vintage Posters! New Inventory for June 2009

Posted June 12, 2009 * Comments(0)

Below is a smattering of different new pieces that have been acquired.
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Title: Hermes
Title: Hermes
Artist: Libiszewski
Year: 1928
Size: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (32 x 24 cm)
Reference Number: 1775
Description: Original Vintage Graphic from PAN (Art Deco ads published by Devambez for Paul Poiret):
What can you say about a drunken monkey? Especially if the simian in question is getting looped on an anis-flavored liqueur. I mean, if it was banana-infused, well then that would be understandable. He certainly seems to be enjoying it, though. And the peculiarity of the image is precisely what the Evangelisti firm was banking on to get their dessert tipple firmly lodged in the viewer's mind. A founder of the Museo dell'Automobile in Torino, Biscaretti was an industrial designer who produced only a handful of posters, most of them for the automotive industry between 1920 and 1930.
Title: Anisetta Evangelisti Drunken Monkey
Artist: Biscaretti
Year: 1925
Size: 55 x 39 1/2 inches (140 x 99 1/2 cm)
Reference Number: 1123
What can you say about a drunken monkey? Especially if the simian in question is getting looped on an anis-flavored liqueur. I mean, if it was banana-infused, well then that would be understandable. He certainly seems to be enjoying it, though. And the peculiarity of the image is precisely what the Evangelisti firm was banking on to get their dessert tipple firmly lodged in the viewer’s mind. A founder of the Museo dell’Automobile in Torino, Biscaretti was an industrial designer who produced only a handful of posters, most of them for the automotive industry between 1920 and 1930.

Jimi Hendrix Year: 1970 Size: 54 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches
Title: Jimi Hendrix
Artist: unknown
Year: 1970
Size: 54 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (138 1/2 x 98 cm)
Reference Number: 1787
Description: Produced in the UK.

Title: Vogue

Title: Vogue
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1984
Size: 50 3/4 x 35 3/4 inches (128 1/2 x 90 cm)
Reference Number: 1786
Description: A Vogue photo exposition at the Musee des arts decoratifs in Lausanne. This show covered photos of the magazine dating from 1920 to 1980.

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