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VISITING OUR GALLERY IN APRIL FOR MORE FAVORITE VINTAGE POSTERS!

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/art-deco-rarities-westinghouse-1931.html With this second wave of favorite vintage posters from our collection, we’ll concentrate upon the uncanniness of figures deriving their powers from more or less out of this world. There are very few deliveries more apt in this matter … Continue reading →

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VISITING OUR GALLERY IN MARCH FOR SOME FAVORITE VINTAGE POSTERS!

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/cappiello-buvez-du-vin-1933.html We have thrilled to many great lithographic vintage posters coming our way over the past 33 years. Although the overriding motive has been what is saleable and affordable (as well as distinguished), we have had many moments of simply … Continue reading →

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VINTAGE POSTERS PERTAINING TO THE MATERIALS OF WAR

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/canadian-collection-the-empires-strength-c.1940-canada.html When war becomes a subject, we tend to concentrate upon horrific violence, astounding machinery, political gamesmanship and lands left in ruin. The world of vintage war posters tends to celebrate a combatant’s power and virtue in the course of … Continue reading →

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OVERLOOKED VINTAGE POSTER  GEMS IN OUR INVENTORY  PART ONE

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-new-york-worlds-fair-1939.html Here at I Desire Vintage Posters, we have always carefully chosen, for our site, imagery that excites us and would seem to be attractive to many others. But, sometimes, we will have on hand fine vintage posters which the … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE AFLOAT BY VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART & POSTERS  (PART TWO)

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/publishing-ladies-home-journal-dec-1941.html Proceeding with the link of graphic art and literature, after the disappearance of the Belle Epoque and its internationally galvanized Romanticism, we find an intriguing change on the move. Gone are the rather precious, elaborate garments and the sense … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE AFLOAT BY VINTAGE POSTER ART (PART ONE)

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/publishing-le-courrier-francais-1894.html Books still get read (never mind the statistics), but, graphic art no longer seriously joins the push. In the 19th century heyday of ravenous literacy, the subjects of celebrity, history/politics, and science/ technology seldom became a fervid interest. Nor was … Continue reading →

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“AMERICA, AMERICA!” AS SEEN BY VINTAGE POSTERS  (PART ONE)

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Jim Clark

  http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/transportation-hawaii-by-clipper-pan-american-world-airways-1948.html Love it or hate it, America is a big story on this little planet! Graphic designers know that its non-stop show-time flicks out a special pop we can’t stop watching. In our two-part coverage of this extravaganza we’ll … Continue reading →

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DOMINANT COLOR IN VINTAGE GRAPHIC ART

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/entertainment-blue-velvet-1986.html Vintage graphic designers could ramp up, by way of the factor of color, the attraction of a presentation to be sold. Moreover, they could and did confine the color palette to one dominant hue, to introduce special effects. Film … Continue reading →

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MACHINE AGE POSTER “DINOSAURS” SHOWING LOTS OF LIFE

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Jim Clark

http://www.idesirevintageposters.com/graphic-design-hermes-c.1950.html One of the perks included in working with “obsolete” imagery is the bonus of realizing and exploring how its many strengths offer initiatives in our century. Configurations long gone leave a residue we turn away from at our peril, … Continue reading →

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OUR VINTAGE POSTER GALLERY TREASURE TROVE !

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Jim Clark

The permanently situated framed vintage posters (for sale) in our entrance-way gallery and the rotating display of unframed vintage posters in our studio combine to provide in a flash (the speed, in fact, posters get going with blowing us away) … Continue reading →

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