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A GRAND TOUR OF GRAPHIC GOLDMINES!

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Jim Clark

Buvez du Vin 1933; Leonetto Cappiello; 63″ x 47″; A-,L These days, we seldom travel to acquire our inventory of vintage posters and smaller-scale graphics. Instead, we have energetic and trustworthy diggers of items, sending photos of what we might want. Today we … Continue reading →

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MODERNIST GRAPHIC DESIGN (IN ITS MOST RECENT INCARNATION)

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Jim Clark

Exposition Internationale Coloniale (Antwerp) 1930;Anonymous; 16″ x 23″ The notion of the “modern” in creative output became compelling near the end of the nineteenth century. At that time industrialization and its drastic reconfiguration of urban socioeconomic life had reached proportions … Continue reading →

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CARDBOARD, BUT FAR FROM TACKY—ORIGINAL VINTAGE PLACARDS!

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Jim Clark

Rhum Tamaris c.1940; Anonymous; 14 1/4″ x 10 1/4″; A-,Cdbd. We’re beginning this survey from our placard collection, with a very simple design, a photograph of a pretty girl replete with accessories apt for the tropical production areas of rum. … Continue reading →

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DELICIOUS ITALIAN VINTAGE GRAPHICS

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Jim Clark

Sorrento 1955; Mario Puppo; 39″x25 3/4″ The other evening we were enjoying a delicious meal at Tutti Matti, an Italian restaurant we love, and we began to consider the qualities of the preparations, wine, liqueur and coffee, not to mention … Continue reading →

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THE MUSIC OF GRAPHIC ART

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Jim Clark

Last week we attended a musical event that ruffled a lot of feathers. It will be covered in some detail on Friday’s blog; but, for now, suffice it to say that the percussive aspect was more than most members of … Continue reading →

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LIFE AT SEA: NAUTICAL GRAPHICS THAT STAY ON COURSE!

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jim Clark

                              Crociere Estate (1935) Gino Boccasile;11″ x 8 1/4″;B+,P There is something hard to describe but quite overwhelming about vintage graphics that capture the play of light on the high seas. The figure shown here could have caught some rays … Continue reading →

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THE LADY VANISHES, BUT THE POSTERS DON’T

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jim Clark

In 1938, Alfred Hitchcock (later, settling in Hollywood, to become widely known for classics like Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window and Psycho) put together a “comic thriller,” called, The Lady Vanishes. Very much in the throes of anxiety about … Continue reading →

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