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Aquatic & Beach

The beach and the sea have been reliable subjects for commercial illustration since the late 19th century, when railways and steamship lines needed imagery that could make a destination feel irresistible at a glance. Travel posters led the way, but the subject ran through magazine covers, resort advertising, and sporting prints as well. What drew artists back repeatedly was the light: coastal scenes rewarded bold, flat color in ways that suited lithography particularly well. The pieces shown here are period originals from that tradition.
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Aquatic & Beach

The beach and the sea have been reliable subjects for commercial illustration since the late 19th century, when railways and steamship lines needed imagery that could make a destination feel irresistible at a glance. Travel posters led the way, but the subject ran through magazine covers, resort advertising, and sporting prints as well. What drew artists back repeatedly was the light: coastal scenes rewarded bold, flat color in ways that suited lithography particularly well. The pieces shown here are period originals from that tradition.

Playa de Cortes, Southern Pacific - Authentic Vintage Poster
Playa de Cortes, Southern Pacific c.1936 $700.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 22.75" x 16.0"

Year: c.1936

American Airlines - Acapulco by Monogr. VK, ca. 1970 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Acapulco, American Airlines c.1970 $675.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 40.0" x 30.0"

Year: c.1970

Beach Ball - Original Vintage Poster
Beach Ball c.1965 $1,650.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 79.0" x 42.0"

Year: c.1965

Strange Voyage - Authentic Vintage Poster
Strange Voyage c.1946 $1,100.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 80.25" x 41.25"

Year: c.1946

Animal Kingdom, Marine Life- Chromolithograph - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Animal Kingdom, Marine Life- Chromolithograph c.1880 $95.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 12.5" x 16.0"

Year: c.1880

It's in the Air, Swedish Release - Original Vintage Poster
It's in the Air, Swedish Release c.1942 $350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 27.5"

Year: c.1942

Arctic Manhunt - Authentic Vintage Poster
Arctic Manhunt c.1949 $595.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1949

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Underwater! - Original Vintage Poster
Underwater! c.1955 $1,350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1955

Holland-America Line - a well-run ship (Nieuw Amsterdam) by Rien Poortvliet, ca. 1958 - Original Vintage Poster
Holland-America Line c.1958 $950.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 38.0" x 24.0"

Year: c.1958

Viking Siege, French Classroom Poster - Original Vintage Poster
Viking Siege, French Classroom Poster c.1960 $125.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.5" x 35.5"

Year: c.1960

Legend of Love- Polish Release - Original Vintage Poster
Legend of Love- Polish Release c.1971 $200.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 46.75" x 32.5"

Year: c.1971

Visit San Francisco, United Airlines - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit San Francisco, United Airlines c.1976 $240.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.0" x 20.0"

Year: c.1976

Greenland Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Greenland Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

*Braniff Airways - Bolivia by Anonymous, ca. 1955 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Bolivia, Braniff Airways c.1955 $575.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.0" x 20.0"

Year: c.1955

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Visit Hawaii, Western Airlines - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit Hawaii, Western Airlines c.1960 $450.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1960

Flying Fish- Hand Colored Stone Lithograph - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Flying Fish- Hand Colored Stone Lithograph c.1833 $275.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 19.0" x 13.0"

Year: c.1833

The Wheel of Commerce- Vendre Cover Cover Art - Authentic Vintage Posters
The Wheel of Commerce- Vendre Cover c.1928 $95.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 10.75" x 8.5"

Year: c.1928

Thrasher Shark- Fishes of the British Islands - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Thrasher Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Gaillardot’s Peintures- Galerie Montmorency - Authentic Vintage Poster
Gaillardot’s Peintures- Galerie Montmorency c.1960 $525.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.0" x 19.0"

Year: c.1960

Ship Ahoy, Red Skeleton- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Ship Ahoy, Red Skelton- Trade Ad c.1942 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

King Fish- NY Forest, Fish, Game Commission - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
King Fish- NY Forest, Fish, Game Commission c.1902 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 11.0" x 8.0"

Year: c.1902

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Amphibians of Switzerland - Authentic Vintage Poster
Amphibians of Switzerland c.1987 $345.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.25" x 27.5"

Year: c.1987

Nautical Rush- Popular Mechanics - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Nautical Rush- Popular Mechanics c.1935 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

SS President Cleveland, Japan - Authentic Vintage Poster
SS President Cleveland, Japan c.1960 $350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 34.0" x 23.25"

Year: c.1960

Miami- National Geographic Ad - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Miami- National Geographic Ad c.1965 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 10.0" x 6.75"

Year: c.1965

Meridien Hotels- Newport Beach, LA - Authentic Vintage Poster
Meridien Hotels- Newport Beach, LA c.1975 $475.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 28.0" x 18.0"

Year: c.1975

Popular Mechanics Cover 9 - Original Vintage Cover Art:
Speed Boat- Popular Mechanics c.1933 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1933

Power Wake- Popular Mechanics - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Power Wake- Popular Mechanics c.1935 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 9.25" x 6.5"

Year: c.1935

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S.S. Normandie - Original Antique Print:
S.S. Normandie c.1937 $100.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 11.5" x 22.0"

Year: c.1937

Welcome Home- Fortune Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Welcome Home- Fortune Magazine c.1930 $55.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 14.0" x 11.25"

Year: c.1930

Vernet-Bonfort- Galerie "65" Cannes, Venice - Authentic Vintage Poster
Vernet-Bonfort- Galerie "65" Cannes, Venice c.1974 $340.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.25" x 21.25"

Year: c.1974

May, Esquire Calendar by Varga - Original Vintage Illustration
May, Esquire Calendar by Varga c.1949 $60.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 11.0" x 8.5"

Year: c.1949

TRAVELTALK 1sh 1953 - Original Vintage Poster
Traveltalk c.1951 $225.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1951

Escargots Ménetrel - Authentic Vintage Poster
Escargots Ménetrel c.1930 $1,450.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 57.0" x 41.5"

Year: c.1930

Poster 2 - Original Vintage Poster
Island in the Sun c.1957 $450.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1957

Paramount 1927-28 French Campaign Page 6
La Coupe de Miami, Vintage Movie Ad c.1927 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 14.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1927
Tarzan and the Mermaids, Belgian Release c.1948 $230.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 18.75" x 13.75"

Year: c.1948

Evil in the Deep - Original Vintage Poster
Evil in the Deep c.1976 $200.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1976

Sea Robin, Cigar Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Sea Robin, Cigar Label c.1900 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 6.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1900

All Hands on Deck, Swedish Release - Authentic Vintage Poster
All Hands on Deck, Swedish Release c.1929 $950.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 27.5"

Year: c.1929

BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS Japanese R1999 - Original Vintage Poster
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Japanese (Re-Release) c.1999 $300.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 28.5" x 20.25"

Year: c.1999

American Airlines - Miami - To Everywhere Under The Sun by Anonymous, 1991 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Miami, American Airlines c.1991 $475.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 14.0" x 46.0"

Year: c.1991

Bikini Beach - Original Vintage Poster
Bikini Beach c.1964 $375.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1964

A 1943 vintage Collier's Magazine cover shows two cartoon monkeys in Japanese pilot helmets on a life raft, paddling as their crashed plane sinks behind them.
Monkey Mayday- Collier's Magazine c.1943 $75.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1943

Baroque Conchology, Steel Engraving - Authentic Vintage Antique Print
Baroque Conchology, Steel Engraving c.1684 $245.00 USD

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 8.5" x 6.0"

Year: c.1684

Love & Thorns- La Vie Parisienne - Original Vintage Illustration
Love & Thorns- La Vie Parisienne c.1929 $45.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 13.25" x 10.0"

Year: c.1929

Visit the Caribbean, Beachcomber Cruises - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visit the Caribbean, Beachcomber Cruises c.1964 $575.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.5"

Year: c.1964

Mastil Oranges, Spanish Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Mastil Oranges, Spanish Crate Label c.1967 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 8.25" x 10.25"

Year: c.1967

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