Vintage Posters: August 4, 2022 Auction Highlights

View Lots
Browse Catalogue
Lot 121: Keep Calm and Carry On, 1939. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000

In keeping with our August tradition, this sale will feature a plethora of World War I and II posters, sought-after classics and never-before-seen Vintage Posters at auction. Among the most iconic of the propaganda posters on offer are Keep Calm and Carry On, 1939, in two different size variants, several famous works by James Montgomery Flagg (including, I Want You and Wake up America Day) as well as a number of seldom seen Howard Chandler Christy posters such as Aviation / Fly with the U.S. Marines. We are excited to offer two gouache maquette entries from the Museum of Modern Art’s war poster design contest in 1942, which have never come up at auction, as well as the contest winner, Koehler & Ancona’s This is the Enemy.

At auction August 4: from left to right: Lot 120: Jane Ward, Victory Starts Here, gouache maquette, 1942. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000; Lot 119: Gordon Webber, Slave World or Free World, gouache & photo collage maquette, 1942. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000; Lot 115: Karl Koehler & Victor Ancona, This is the Enemy, 1942. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000.

Beach & Summer Resort Posters

Bidders can discover an assemblage of beach and summer travel selections, ranging from the 1890s to the 1960s. Among the lot are posters at the turn of the century including, Cabourg Casino, Bouchard’s Deco-era La Plage De Monte Carlo and Juan-Les-Pins / Antibes, from the 1950s.

At auction August 4: from left to right: Lot 259: René Bleuer, Juan-Les-Pins / Antibes, circa 1950. Estimate $1,200 to $1,800; Lot 242: Cabourg Casino, circa 1899. Estimate $1,000 to $1,500.

Related Reading

Collector’s Guide: Vintage Car Posters
The Excitement of Discovering “Previously Unrecorded” Travel Posters

Bicycles & Automobiles

Additional highlights include a section of bicycle and automobile posters spanning over a century: Cycles Decauville, Peugeot and the rare Grand Prix D’Endurance De 24 Heures.

Lot 211: H.A. Volodimer, Grand Prix D’Endurance De 24 Heures / Coupe Rudge – Whitworth, 1923. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
At auction August 4: from left to right: Lot 219: Alfred Choubrac, Cycles Decauville, circa 1895. Estimate $700 to $1,000; Lot 227: Jean Carlu, Peugeot, 1923. Estimate $3,500 to $4,500.

Get Notifications for Auction Day

Sign-Up for Email Updates
Download the Swann Galleries App

Art Nouveau

French Art Nouveau masterpieces fill out the sale, featuring works by Alphonse Mucha, Leonetto Cappiello’s (La Caisse Simon / Huîtres Exquises. 1901) and the beautiful Première Exposition Internationale Des Arts Décoratifs Modernes, by Bistolfi.

Lot 192: Leonetto Cappiello, La Caisse Simon / Huîtres Exquises, 1901. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.
Lot 157: Leonardo Bistolfi, Première Exposition Internationale Des Arts Décoratifs Modernes, 1902. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000.

Rounding out our summer auction are food and drink advertisements, American literary and theatrical posters, art exhibition, film, counterculture and several other genres.

June 29, 2022
Author:
Category: Vintage Posters
Tags: