Art & Artist Vintage Posters

Richard Avedon | The Beatles

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The+Beatles&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Beatles</a> Look Magazine lithograph prints, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=richard+avedon&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Avedon</a>.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 5.</li><li>Richard Avedon (American, 1923-2004).</li><li>United States: Look Magazine, 1968.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>Each is presented unframed.</li></ul> Psychedelic vintage poster prints by Richard Avedon of the Beatles for Look Magazine. In 1967, at the height of the "Flower Power" era, acclaimed American fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon met with the Beatles in Thompson House, London. Commissioned by Look Magazine to do a set of individual portraits of the fab four, he overlaid solarized prints with psychedelic Day-Glo colors and symbolic attributes. They were first published in the January 9th, 1968 edition of Look Magazine in the U.S., and&nbsp;you could mail order&nbsp;your own set of “Flame Bright John, Flower Power Paul, Mystic George and Dove Loving Ringo.” They were also offered for sale in Stern Magazine in Germany, The Daily Express in England, and Varagids in Holland.&nbsp;All 4 printings were simultaneous in 1967 and there were 4 different printers, one from each country that printed the posters for their respective publication. The Look Magazine ones, offered here, are the largest, rarest and most collectible of any series.

The Beatles Look Magazine Posters

Jean-Michel Basquiat

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Basquiat&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Basquiat</a> created this impossibly rare printed flyer to advertise a band performance within his feature acted <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">film</a>: Downtown 81 / New York Beat in 1980.<ul><li>After Jean Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).</li><li>The flyer with text and imagery by Basquiat, promotes a segment performance by Kid Creole and the Coconuts at The Rock Lounge: 285 West Broadway, New York, December 15th, 1980.</li><li>Offset printed flyer.</li><li>Accompanied by a letter of provenance.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> A much historical work, much notably exhibited and cataloged as part of, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Seeing Loud: Basquiat and Music (October 2022 - February 2023) &amp; sister show at the Paris Philharmonic (March - July 2023). ‘In 1980, writer and Warhol associate Glenn O’Brien, Swiss photographer Edo Bertoglio, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, a graffiti innovator and noise music artist who’d just begun to exhibit his paintings, hit the streets of lower Manhattan to make a movie about the bombed-out bohemia they lived and breathed. Left unfinished due to assorted legal and financial issues until it was fully assembled for release in 2000,&nbsp;Downtown 81&nbsp;follows Basquiat, a naturally compelling screen presence, as he tries to hawk a painting (one of the artist’s own first works) while hustling for a place to sleep. So what was meant to be a document of its time instead became a window into a long-lost world of life on the margins and creative ferment—and it feels especially potent today, when NYC had transformed into an artless ghost town, before escalating racial injustices brought people back to the streets. The film features appearances by John Lurie, Fab 5 Freddy, and Debbie Harry; musical performances by DNA, James White and the Blacks, and Kid Creole and the Coconuts; and, most remarkable of all, a portrait of a more innocent Manhattan in all its mangy glory.’ (Metrograph)

Downtown 81 / New York Beat Movie Music Performance Poster

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Jean-Michel%20Basquiat&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jean-Michel Basquiat</a> illustrated <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">poster</a> for the “Ikonoklast Panzerism versus Tricnology” lecture with Rammellzee, at Squat Theater, New York, October 30th, 1982:<ul><li>After Jean Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).</li><li>Illustrated by Basquiat for a one-night benefit organized by Basquiat assistant, Stephen Torton with New York graffiti and downtown art scene legends: Rammellzee, A-One, Koor Bone, Toxic (Toxic C One), Jean-Michel Basquiat, DJ High Priest (Nick Taylor), Fab 5 Fred Brathwaite; with special guests: Frosty Freeze, and Diego Cortez.</li><li>Offset lithograph.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul>

Basquiat Rammellzee ‘Ikonoklast Panzerism versus Tricnology’ Poster

Andy Warhol

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=rolling%20stones&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rolling Stones</a> ‘Love You Live’ promotional <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">poster</a> designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Andy%20Warhol&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Andy Warhol</a> and issued for the launch party for the album which took place at Trax Nightclub, New York, USA on the 27th September 1977.<ul><li>After Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987).</li><li>Amongst the many stars in attendance at the party were The Rolling Stones and Andy Warhol. </li><li>The poster features a series of photographs of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood and Bill Wyman taken by Andy Warhol. Warhol created the cover artwork for the album and designed this poster exclusively for the party. </li><li>The posters were given to selected guests who attended the launch party. </li><li>They were never made commercially available to the public.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

The Rolling Stones Love You Live New York Launch Party Promotional Poster

The Fool

A collection of posters designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Fool%20design%20collective&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Fool</a> that were sold in <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Beatles&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Beatles</a>' Apple boutique at 94 Baker Street, London in the late sixties. <ul><li>Sold as a set of 3.</li><li>The Fool (Dutch band and design collective).</li><li>Apple Publishing &amp; Company, Ltd.</li><li>Printed in England by Trade Platemaking Services</li><li>The psychedelic posters are entitled Athena, Heimdahl and Psychedelic Landscape. </li><li>They have the wording ‘designed by simon &amp; marijke of ‘the fool.’</li><li>Each is presented unframed.</li></ul>

The Beatles Apple Boutique Collection Of Posters

 Dwan Gallery

Dwan Gallery collection of posters, invitations, and other ephemera.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 74 items, including posters, catalogs, invitations, and flyers.</li><li>Curated by Virginia Dwan.</li><li>Los Angeles and New York: Dwan Gallery, 1960-1971.</li><li>All housed in archival boxes, most stored flat or folded in clear mylar sleeves, a handful rolled. </li><li>A complete inventory is available upon request.</li></ul> "Language to be Looked at and/or Things to be Read" Extensive collection of printed material from Virginia Dwan's legendary gallery, central site of Minimalism, Conceptualism, and Land Art movements of the 1960s. "The run of the Dwan Gallery was brief but momentous. During its eleven years, Virginia Dwan mounted 134 shows, introducing viewers in Los Angeles and New York to the most challenging art practices of the time." — Earl A. Powell IIIWhen Virginia Dwan opened the storied Dwan Gallery in a Los Angeles storefront in 1959, she (together with Ferus Gallery) helped establish Los Angeles as a nexus of the art world to rival New York or Paris. While Dwan's earliest exhibitions focused on certain established artists and Abstract Expressionists, by the early 1960s the gallery was increasingly showing Pop and Neo-Dada artists like Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Yves Klein, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and James Rosenquist. By the middle of the decade, and especially after establishing a second location in NYC in 1965, Dwan focused increasingly on major minimalist and conceptual artists such as Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Arakawa, Robert Morris, Dan Flavin and others — eventually becoming the most important gallery to support landscape and other Earthworks artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer. Though the gallery would last little more than a decade, its impact was enormous. Dwan not only exhibited and promoted her artists, she also funded their projects — and it is not an overstatement to say that without the support of Dwan such canonical works as Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" and Michael Heizer's "Double Negative" (which the artist eventually gave to Dwan) would simply not exist. Dwan was also a pioneer in creating promotional materials that were themselves works of art, frequently designed by the artists for conceptual works that otherwise often lacked any other physical manifestation. Highlights of the collection include an exceptional unfolded example of Michael Heizer's monumental poster for "Double Negative / 1,000' x 42' x 30 / 40,000 Tons Displacement," as well as the rare poster for Yves Klein's "Le Monochrome," one of the few shows mounted during his brief life and one that marked a turning point in the gallery's history toward minimalism and conceptualism. Other major documents include a beautiful copy of the innovative catalogue BOXES, a complete set of postcards from Dwan's groundbreaking series of "Language" shows, as well as early and important pieces from Larry Rivers, Claes Oldenburg, Sol LeWitt, Carl Andre, Robert Rauschenberg, Kenneth Snelson, Dan Flavin, Ed Keinholz, James Rosenquist, Lucas Samaras, Robert Ryman, and numerous others. The collection is in remarkable condition overall, with many of the posters unfolded. At 74 items, it is one of the larger groups of Dwan material. The Smithsonian holds a nearly complete collection, as does Bard — both donated by Virginia Dwan herself. The next largest grouping is at the Getty (which consists of 57 items), and after that we locate only scattered individual items. As such, this collection represents nearly two-thirds of all Dwan exhibitions mounted during its twelve-year reign, and one of the largest to come to market. A major opportunity to acquire a dense and representative overview of this pioneering gallery and curator.

Dwan Gallery Posters, Invitations, and Ephemera Collection

David Bowie

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">poster</a> from <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=David+Bowie&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Bowie</a>’s New Afro Pagan and Work exhibition.<ul><li>The exhibition was presented at The Gallery on Cork Street, London.</li><li>Signed by David Bowie in red marker pen and dated ‘95.’</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

New Afro Pagan and Work Exhibition Poster Signed by David Bowie

A poster invitation published for the occasion of Andy Warhol's Studies for a Boy Book exhibition, held at the Bodley Gallery and Bookshop February 14 to March 3, 1956.<ul><li>Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987).</li><li>Offset lithograph on woven paper.</li><li>With the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Authorization ink-stamps on the reverse.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul>

Studies for a Boy Book Exhibition Announcement Poster

Yayoi Kusama

A dizzying poster of Kusama's iconic polka-dotted soft sculptures, advertising the opening of the 1965 installation at the Castellane Gallery of her first ever mirror room, hand-addressed by Kusama in 1965 to the Museum of Modern Art.<ul><li>Produced by Castellane Gallery in 1965.</li><li>Hand-addressed by the artist to the Museum of Modern Art on verso, with 1965 Grand Central Station postmark.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Kusama's exhibition, titled in full "Infinity Mirror Room —Phalli's Field (Floor Show)," was documented in a series of photographs of the artist reclining on her own "phallus meadow" in a red leotard — the most famous and striking images of her work from that era. In her autobiography, Kusama describes the installation that marked the beginning of arguably her best-known and most popular series of works: "The walls of the room were mirrors, and sprouting from the floor were thousands of white canvas phallic forms covered with red polka dots. The mirrors reflected them infinitely, summoning up a sublime, miraculous field of phalluses. People could walk barefoot through the phallus meadow, becoming one with the work and experiencing their own figures and movement as part of the sculpture. Wandering into this infinite wonderland, where a grandiose aggregation of human sexual symbols had been transformed into a humorous, polka-dotted field, viewers found themselves spellbound by the imagination as it exorcised sexual sickness in the naked light of day." The New York Times described Kusama's mid-'60s work as the "awful vision of a self-perpetuating infinity," but they meant they liked it. The verso of the poster is addressed by Kusama to MoMA, which now holds numerous works by the artist in their permanent collection and mounted her site-specific installation Narcissus Garden at PS1 in 2018. An important association of this scarce document for an early and landmark show from this major artist — distinctly rare addressed by Kusama.

Floor Show Exhibition Poster

Andy Warhol | Keith Haring 

Announcement card for "Martin Fun(d)," featuring artwork by Keith Haring and Andy Warhol.<ul><li>Produced for the occasion of the "Martin Fun(d)" AIDS fundraising event at The Pyramid Club in New York City on September 4, 1986.</li><li>Folded announcement features Keith Haring artwork on one side and Andy Warhol illustrations on the other.</li><li>Offset lithograph print on heavy cardstock.</li></ul>

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Richard Avedon, The Beatles

Jean-Michel Basquiat

After Jean-Michel Basquiat

After Andy Warhol

The Fool

Dwan Gallery

After David Bowie

Andy Warhol

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After Andy Warhol, Keith Haring