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Laura Gold is a founding member of the IVPDA (International Vintage Poster Dealers Association) and currently sits on the Board of Directors.  Laura has been the Director of Park South Gallery at Carnegie Hall since 1965.

 

  FIRST LADIES OF THE POSTER
by Laura Gold
160 pages, 206 full-color posters

The Gold Collection presents women stepping out of the traditional roles and exercising their new-found liberation.  It is the time of the Industrial Revolution, and we find the women, newly released from the home (via the bicycle) anxious to simulate the images shown in the posters.  It was the beginning of the age of consumerism...and right alongside that, the explosion of advertising.

All the top artists of the 'belle epoque' are featured.  This is the time when posters were all the rage and this book is awash with splendid images and vibrant colors.  It is a window into a bygone era where a world of possibilities was just beginning to reveal itself to the women who craved an expanded role in society.

Available through the Poster Art Library or contact us via our e-mail or phone.

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Presently in our Inventory

Fernand Toussaint (1873 – 1955)
Café Jacqmotte. 1896. 31 1/8 x 41 3/8”
A well known Belgain painter, he unfortunately produced few posters. And of these, the Café Jacqmotte with its rich color contrasts and its strong design, is his VERY BEST. The lithography literally sings off the page, and the color combinations make this image very special. In really wonderful color and condition…with hardly visible minor folds.

 

Title: Arnold Constable
Artist:  Jean Dupas (1882-1964)
Year: 1928
Size: 30-1/4" x 46-1/3"

One of the best of the Art Deco images, Dupas presents highly stylized, very fashionable people in extravagant settings. Here he gives us a look at the past, present and future fashion of Arnold Constable, which was a most "chic" department store of its time...and the store was in existence (with an upscale customer base) until the 1990's. In excellent color and condition.

 



Alan Durman (1905 – 1963)
Burnham-On-Sea. C. 1936 25 1/8 x 39 7/8”
Family togetherness, plus donkey rides, sand castle building, kite flying and all good things to do and enjoy at the beach. Healthy, happy and fun…and one gets there via the British Railways. In great color and condition.



Tom Purvis (1888-1959)
Weston Super-Mare. C. 1933 24 5/8 x 40”
This artist was known for forming his figures solely from masses of color, without outline. It has been written that Purvis “made little masterpieces of his posters”. Weston super-Mare is a seaside resort town in North Somerset, England, located just southwest of Bristol. In wonderful color and condition.

 

 

Title: La Caisse Simon/Huitre Exquises
Artist:  Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942)
Year: 1901
Size: 54" x 38-1/2"

One of the best of the early Cappiello's, this is a charming poster aimed at selling the Simon brand of oysters. Cappiello at his best. This rare horizontal image is in excellent color and condition.

 

Paul Colin (1892 – 1986)
Champs-Elysees/La Loie Fuller 1925. 47 x 63”
Loie Fuller was immortalized by Lautrec, Cheret, Orazi and other artists 30 years before this masterpiece by Colin. Here is an instant lesson in the history and progress of the poster...from Art Nouveau to the best of Art Deco. Her use of lighting effects and other devices turned her appearance into a spectacular 'psychedelic' light and motion show and this poster leads the way in concentrating on form and color, rather than on the figurative, which was way ahead of its time. In great color and condition.

 



Title: Chat Noir/CeSoir .
Artist: Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923 )
Year:  1896
Size: 15 1/2 x 24 1/4 "

This famous poster has never been seen in better condition. The smaller format of this dynamic design for the Black Cat cabaret.. presenting shadow plays, poetry readings and songs. A Classic.



Title: Theatre de l'Opera Carnaval
Artist: Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Year: 1892
Size: 34 12 x 48 34 "

This is a rare poster in that it is for the 3rd Bal Masque being held on Saturday, February 27, 1892. Sponsered by the Theatre de l'Opera, this masked ball proved etremely popular and was repeated on 4 additional dates, using this same image. In excellent color and condition.

 

 

Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939)
La Samaritaine. 1897. 23 x 68-1/2”
Sarah Bernhardt is pictured here in her role of the Good Samaritan at the Theatre de la Renaissance in Paris. The play was written by Edmond Rostand exclusively for Ms. Bernhardt. To catch the mood of the play, Mucha puts a mosaic with Hebrew lettering ("Jehova") into his customary halo around Sarah's head. In lovely color and condition.

 



Title: Absinthe Robette
Artist: Privat-Livemont (1861-1936)
Year:  1896
Size: 32-1/4 x 43 "

Absinthe was known as "The Green Fairy" and this poster was designed in several shades of green. And it works so well...this is on of the mosted coveted of all the art nouveau poster images. Privat-Livemont at his best. In excellent color and very good condition, with a few slight cracks in background.



Title: Vin Mariani
Artist: Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Year:  1894
Size: 33 x 47-1/2"

This poster is advertising a popular drink that was advertised as follows: "Fortifies and refreshes body and brain. Restores health and vitality." No wonder--it contained concaine. One of Cheret's best images. Very bright colors, slight horizontal and vertical folds.

 

 

Artist: Theophile-Alexander Steinlen (1859-1923)

Title:  Lait pur Sterilise

Year: 1894

Size: 38 x 54”

 

This endearing domestic scene created for a milk distributor, stars the artist's daughter, Colette, carefully tasting the milk she is giving to the family cats. One of the all-time most endearing poster images ever created. Rare in this excellent condition.

 

 

 

Alphonse Mucha (1860 – 1939)
Precious Stones – Topaz and Ruby. 1900. each one: 11 x 25”
These 2 panels are part of the rarest of all the Mucha’s best sets. Each gem is represented by a lovely lady, and its characteristic color. And each panel has the circular motif that the artist is known for. Both are in exceptional color and condition….not having been outside of a folder for 110 years. Amazing.

 

Title: Le Havre
Artist:  L.Caldo (Dates Unknown)
Year: 1906
Size: 45 x 61"

A wonderful image for the "Grande Semaine Maritime Francaise" (French week of Maritime Activities" taking place from the 9th to the 16th of July 1906 in the port of Le Havre. Certainly a classic image, in lovely color and condition. Very rare.

 

Title: Catalogue d'Affiches Artistiqes/A. Arnoud
Artist:  Henri de Toulouse Lautrec (1864-1901)
Year:   1896
Size: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4" (overall size including gold leaf frame 27 x 23 1/2")

This is the original lithograph prior to its use for the cover of the Arnoud Catalogue, and it is one of only 100 pieces made in this fashion. Entitled Le Debauche (the Debaucher) this image was used as the cover of the Catalogue d'Affiches Artistiques, published in 1896 by A. Arnoud. The debaucher shown here is Maxime Dethomas, a painter and friend of Lautrec's.

This image is in mint condition, and that in itself is rare today...

 

Title: Winter Cat
Artist:  Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859 - 1923)
Year: 1909
Size: 24 x 19-3/4"

This lovely image was originally used to announce an exposition of artists who paint animals at the Cercle Internationale des Arts. It was so popular that it was then printed without letters and the publisher, Sagot, titled it "L'Hiver Chat sur un Coussin" (Winter Cat on a Pillow). In excellent color and condition.



Title: Harper's July
Artist: Edward Penfield (1866-1925)
Year:  1897
Size: 19 x 14"

This couple on the deck of a ship were said to be Penfield's bride and her father who accompanied them on their honeymoon to Europe. The artist sent this drawing off to his New York office from London, and this is indicated below his signature. This is one of the very best in this distinguished "Harpers" series. Slight restoration in corners. Bright colors.

 

 

Francisco Tamagno (1851-1933)
Terrot & Co./Cycles Motorettes C. 1900. 38 x 54”
Here is an architect surveying the construction site of his latest building…and doing so in rapid fashion courtesy of his Terrot motorbike. Not only a wonderful turn-of-the-century construction document, this poster also displays various other images the artist did for the Terrot Co. In very good color and condition….a few minor small tears and creases, mainly at the edges.

 



Title: Proof of Toy Poster, Before Letters
Artist: Jean Matet (1870 - ? )
Year:  Circa 1905
Size: 46 x 62 1/2 "

This charming scene shows toys coming down from the sky in stylized airborne vehicles. The scene is most creative and visually a delight. Very rare. In ecellent color and condition.

 



Title: Rudge.. La Deesse
Artist: Anonymous
Year:  Circa 1900
Size: 28 3/4 x 41 "

For a bicycle model called "The Goddess" we see a gold clad representative deity pedaling on the featured product. Though not signed, it is believed that P.A. Gross was the designer of this striking posted. A classic image. In excellent color and condition.

 

 

Title: Lady at the Curtain
Artist:  Louis Gallace
Year:   c. 1896
Size:  31 x 47"

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Artist: Lambert Jansen(1891-1965)

Title:  Militaire Demonstraties

Year: 1918

Size: 30 x 44-1/4”

A wonderful image and marriage of image and lettering all makes for a striking public invitation to a demonstration of athletics at the Dutch military academy at the Hague. An award winning painter, he also created drawings and water colors...though he wasn't recognized as a posterist. This particular work is very rare and very special. In wonderful color and condition. One slight horizontal fold.

 

 



Title: Le Monde Artist
Artist: Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Year:  1891
Size: 34-1/4 x 46-1/2"

This poster advertises a Parisian weekly journal of the arts. The lovely lady holding the violin (with a long neck) is one of the artist's depiction of his "Chertte" girl. This sepia toned lithograph is gently understated but lovely in its execution. In excellent color and condition.



Title: La Cigale Madrilene
Artist: Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Year:  1889
Size: 21-1/2 x 28-1/2"

These featured players appear in this Cheret creation for the comic opera, titled "The Cicadas of Madrin". Complete with mandolins and spent wine flasks, this image leaves no doubt that the poster conveys a gypsy abandon to the theatrically minded of the era. In excellent color and condition.

 

 



Title: Cabourg
Artist: Pal (Jean de Paleologue) (1860-1942)
Year:  1893
Size: 38-3/4 x 58-1/4 "

This poster for the seaside resort of Cabourg is one of the best of the many sensuous images he rendered during his career. It is also one of the earliest, if not the first, poster he designed upon settling in Paris. Excellent color and condition, with very slight folds.


Artist: Jules Cheret (1836-1932)

Title:  Theatrophone

Year: 1890

Size: 34-1/2 x 48 ”

Here, the "Cherette" girl is shown using a listening device that was the earliest example of live transmission. For a fee, a subscriber could listen to an opera or a recital that was being picked up by a telephone hookup. This poster is very rare it is in very nice color and condition.

 

Title: Coquetterie
Artist: Eugene Grasset (1841 - 1917)
Year: 1897
Size: 27 1/4 x 27 1/4 "

A lovely panneau in one of a series Grasset did to be used as decoration, without advertising a product. This design is a rare proof and is in very good color and condition.

 

Artist:Jules Cheret (1836-1932)

Title:  Musee Grevin

Year: 1900

Size: 34-1/4 x 48-3/4 ”

 

This is the before-lettering version of Cheret's poster for Les Fantoches, a puppet show extravaganza. This was taged initially at the Theatre of the Musee Grevin, a frequent client of the artist. This design was also used to announce a Fete des Artistes at this same venue. A truly classic Cheret image. In excellent color and condition.

 


Artist: Jules Cheret (1836-1932)

Title:  Grand Magasins du Louvre/Etrennes

Year: 1897

Size: 34-3/4 x 49 ”

A wonderful image of children and clowns that advertises toy and gifts for sales at the department store. Cheret at his best. Excellent color and condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: Palais de Glace
Artist:  Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Year:   1893
Size: 39 x 93 1/2"

This is one of Cheret's top images.  The classic Cherette girl, attired for ice skating, complete with a white, fur boa.  She is gliding along the ice at the Champs Elysees rink.  Printed in 2 sheets (well matched). Slight folds, some very slight touch ups.  Colors and condition are very good.

 

 

Artist: Zig (Louis Gaudin, ? - 1936)

Title:  Mistinguett

Year: 1928

Size:  43 1/2 x 49 1/2”

 

One of the last posters Zig designed for the singer before his untimely death. In this image, Mistinguett is portrayed as a country girl, complete with a basket of flowers...though still saucy and sexy. Very bright colors, very good condition, with a few slight folds.

 

Artist: Hans Muller-Dachau (1877-1925)

Title:  Gunther Wagner Fluessige Tuschen

Year: c. 1898

Size: 20-3/4 x 21”

 

Wagner was one of the leading German ink-and-oil paint manufacturers. Metallic gold enhances this Japanese influenced poster. Geared toward architects, this is an exciting and rare image. Great color and condition.

 

 

 

 

Title: Folies-Bergere
Artist:  Pal (1860-1942)
Year:   c. 1898
Size: 57 x 44 1/4"

One of the best of Pal's several designs for this most famous music hall.  The attendees are the carefully dressed elite, here socializing  out on the town. Very rare in this large format.  In excellent condition.

                   

Title: Clement Cycles
Artist: Arthur Foache (1871-1967)
Year:    c. 1900
Size: 38 x 54 1/2

Little is known of the artist, but his few posters are all quite exceptional.  This image is probably his best.  Little is shown of the product, a bicycle, as the artist opts to emphasize pride of ownership via the allegorical figure, akin to a famous figure in the Louvre.  Art Nouveau at its best.  This is a very special poster.  Excellent color and condition.

Title: Falconetti

Artist:  Charles Gesmar (1900-1928)
Year: 1925
Size: 47 1/2 x 62 3/4"

 

Gesmar, in his short life, produced some great images for a variety of Parisian music halls.  Here is one of his best, for the actress, Renee Jeanne Falconetti.  A talented performer, she was best known for her portrayal of Joan of Arc in the film, "La Passion."  She was also featured in the Comedie Francaise.  This rare poster is in excellent color and condition.

                            

Title: Cirage Jacquot
Artist:  Lucien Lefevre (1850- ?)
Year:   1894
Size: 48 x 67"

The best shoe polish...even for our clown.  This favorite image is printed in two sheets.  There are some small restorations along the joining  of the sheets, as well as in the image.  Overall, in nice condition, with strong colors.

Title: Cleveland Cycles
Artist:  Jules Cheret (1836 - 1932)
Year:  1901
Size: 34 1/4 x 47 1/2"

Cheret only produced 2 posters for bicycles and this lovely image is for the Cleveland Cycle, which was manufactured in Toledo, Ohio.  It features a "Cherette" girl, holding an American flag, with only the handlebars of the bicycle visible.  Excellent color and condition, with slight printers crease in background at upper left.

 

Title: Mistinguett
Artist:  Charles Gesmar (1900 - 1928)
Year:   1928
Size:  44 1/2 x 125 in.

This spectacular image, printed in 2 sheets, was produced just before the death of this young and truly gifted artist.

Mistinguett is shown both as the flamboyant showgirl and also as the Parisian street urchin.  This poster is usually referred to in terms of her revue, "Rags to Riches."

In fabulous color, very slight vertical fold with some minor cracks.  Really nice.

 

Title: Terrot & Co.
Artist:  Francisco Tamagno (1851-?)
Year:   c. 1897
Size: 39 x 54 1/2"

This poster heralds the beginning of motorized travel in the world of bicycles.  And not to reduce the value of a regular Terrot bicycle, the young lady is right behind the gentleman in reaching the top of the hill.  In excellent color and condition.

Title: Clement Cycles
Artist:  Pal (Jean de Paleologue) (1860-1942)
Year:   c. 1896
Size: 41 1/2 x 57 1/2"

A lovely image of a couple attired in clothes appropriate for the task of riding a bicycle.  This couple, in step, glides through the countryside on their tandem.  A very special poster. Excellent color and condition, with very slight folds.

                                                                                                                  

Title: L'Eclatante
Artist:  Manuel Robbe (1872-1936)
Year:   1895
Size: 36 1/2 x 49 1/2in.

This Artist did very few advertising posters. This design for lamp oil stands out as one of the best. A classic image. Slight folds.

Title: Ambigu-Comique/Gigolette
Artist: Albert Guillaume (1873-1942)
Year:    1894
Size: 44 x 69 1/2"

Here Guillaume captures the beautiful performer Gigolette in the intoxicating world of the theater.  In the background the lights of the stage twinkle and you can see the silhouette of her adoring fans awaiting the show.  This is beautiful poster in very good condition.

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