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Title: VINTAGE POSTERS
Date: February 5, 2013
Time: at 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM
Exhibition: Thurs., January 31, 10-6 Fri., February 1, 10-6 Sat., February 2, 12-5 Mon., February 4, 10-6
Contact Person: Nicholas D. Lowry posters@swanngalleries.com
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Features a diverse selection of important Art Nouveau posters, skiing and winter sports images, a section devoted to Hebraic and Judaic posters, and many international posters from across the political and geographical spectrum.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's [Aristide Bruant Dans Son Cabaret], 1893, Lautrec's third poster for the performer shown top left, is among more than 100 Art Nouveau images that lead the auction.
A selection of 50 Hebraic and Judaic posters boasts three versions of Alfred F. Burke's Share, circa 1917, an image showing America offering her bounty to Jewish refugees.
A large offering of skiing and winter sports posters features several Dartmouth Winter Carnival images, including T.N. Joanethis's Dartmouth / 1938 Winter Carnival.
Travel posters to exotic destinations around the world include Roger Broders's Antibes, circa 1928.
Among the many rare and unusual posters in the sale, an early image of Buffalo Bill, circa 1885, stands out.
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