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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.

Summer Splash- Collier's Magazine c.1941 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.0" x 10.75"

Year: c.1941

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Visit Bolivia, Braniff Airways c.1955 €502,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 26.0" x 20.0"

Year: c.1955

Houndfish, Sharks- Hand Colored Stone Lithograph c.1833 €157,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 13.75" x 8.75"

Year: c.1833

Visit Belgium by Frédéric Conrad c.1955 €502,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 24.0"

Year: c.1955

All Hands on Deck, Swedish Release c.1929 €830,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 27.5"

Year: c.1929

Kupferberg Gold, Lithograph c.1930 €327,95 EUR

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 11.5" x 8.5"

Year: c.1930

Put Technology in Reliable Hands, Soviet Propaganda c.1988 €262,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 34.5" x 21.75"

Year: c.1988

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Submarine Seahawk c.1959 €306,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1959

Buccaneer's Girl c.1950 €231,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1950

Island in the Sun c.1957 €393,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1957

Boots in the Brook- The New Yorker c.1959 €35,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 11.5" x 8.25"

Year: c.1959

Thrasher Shark- Fishes of the British Islands c.1878 €43,95 EUR

Item Type: Antique Print

Size: 6.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1878

Traveltalk c.1951 €196,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.0" x 27.0"

Year: c.1951

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Gorges Du Tarn by André Giroux c.1943 €1.267,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.5" x 24.5"

Year: c.1943

May, Esquire Calendar by Varga c.1949 €52,95 EUR

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 11.0" x 8.5"

Year: c.1949

Visit Menton by Terechkovitch c.1962 €1.180,95 EUR

Item Type: Poster

Size: 39.0" x 26.0"

Year: c.1962

Something Fishy- The New Yorker c.1943 €43,95 EUR

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 11.0" x 8.25"

Year: c.1943