The image is so iconic, it’s been co-opted countless times, but in Swann Galleries’ upcoming Vintage Posters auction we have the original: a 1939 Keep Calm and Carry…
“I didn’t know GOREY did that poster!” That was the excited reaction of a Swann employee as she spotted the six-foot-high poster of a ballerina’s feet in…
The three top lots in Swann Galleries’ April 24, 2014 auction each set new auction records in a sale marked by incredible results for esoteric images. Lot 1 was Bertold…
A unique item among the scarce posters in the recently restituted Julius Paul Collection that Swann is auctioning on December 18, 2013 is Josef Hoffmann’s hand-stenciled…
A recent auction of Modernist Posters features several examples of modernist typography from major innovators of the form, including Max Bill, Walter Dexel and Jan Tschichold, all…
Two images from 1924 for Chicago Rapid Transit were intended to draw visitors to the city’s attractions: Ervine Metzl’s evening view of buildings obscured by trees,…
