What may at first look like a Bridget Riley dots style print is actually a piece called Mona Lisa Revamp by Graphic Nothing.
Part graphic design, part fine art, the world’s most famous portrait has been reduced to 140 colourful spots. If you don’t see it immediately, squinting at it might help. It is sold unframed, but is signed and dated, and costs just £20 (£23 including postage within the UK).
Buy it online from Counter Objects.
Finding just one original 1960s event poster would be a find, but the seller here has obviously found a quantity of original Alan Aldridge-designed The Arts and Censorship event posters somewhere – and is selling them for a very reasonable price on eBay.
The poster was printed in 1968 for a large event put on by The National Council for Civil Liberties and The Defence of Literature & The Arts Society at the Royal Festival Hall on Monday 9th December 1968. Aldridge did the artwork for the event, which featured the likes of The Grateful Dead, John Peel, Rita Tushingham, George Melly and Paul Jones to name just a few.
The poster is printed on coated paper stock in full colour, sized around 31 x 20 inches. Condition is described as 'good', but with the occasional bent corner due to storage for 40+ years. Price? A very affordable £30.18 on a 'buy it now'. More than 10 are available.
Fears and Kahn have a stock of rare “Leave Your Luggage Here” Posters.
The posters were created for British Transport in the 1960s and there are five designs available. Pictured here is one designed by Roger J Bigg. There is also a design by Harry Steven from 1968 and one by Daphne Padden, as well as two whose artists are now unknown. They are priced between £425 and £495.
Contact Fears and Kahn for further information.
Yes, it's more than a bit pricey, but this signed Alan Aldridge Chelsea Girls poster is an iconic image and one you'll rarely find on eBay.
Chelsea Girls was a 1966 experimental underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, following the lives of young women at the Hotel Chelsea. It was also the inspiration for Nico's 1967 debut album, Chelsea Girl.
Yet most of that seems forgotten while the poster is still one of the most memorable images of the era. This particular poster was apparently hand-signed by Aldridge in 1970 and according to the seller, has a gallery guide price of £5,000. He is asking £4,500, which seems a bit rich for an eBay sale, but he will take an offer. You can always chance your arm.
Soon to jet off to a glamorous location and looking for something to mark your lounger in style? This beach towel, taken from the latest Ralph Lauren lifestyle collection, captures a golden era in travel.
The design is obviously influenced by a vintage 1920s or 30s travel poster and shows a blissful seaside scene. It's printed onto cotton terry making it practical as well as stylish.
As you'd expect, the price reflects the Ralph Lauren brand. This towel costs £65.
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It's a message that never loses its importance and must have been said in hundreds of different ways over the years, not least in this unusual 1930s Keep Your Teeth Clean print.
The striking design looks quite contemporary but in fact was designed in 1938 in America to promote good oral hygiene. The poster has been selected from the images in the massive archive of the Library of Congress and reproduced by a company called Wallblank. Take a look at their selection of 'vintage' prints for more images in this line, alongside more familiar wartime designs and the See America range of posters.
The print costs between $14 and $24 depending on the size required.
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