INSTANT COLLECTION OPPORTUNITY! 3 RARE ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTERS. STRIKING. ONE EACH BY RAUSCHENBERG MATISSE & CHAGALL. ALL IN EXCEPTIONAL UNFRAMED CONDITION. BID WITH CONFIDENCE! OUR CUSTOMERS INCLUDE THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART

1 – LITHOGRAPHIC POSTER BY MOURLOT, FRANCE CA. 1953 FOR MATISSE EXHIBITION AT LONDON's TATE GALLERY. DESIGNED BY MATISSE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EXHIBITION THE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH. ON ARCHES WOVE PAPER. EDITION LIMITED TO 800.

THIS POSTER IS FROM THE ESTATE OF HOWARD JOHN BESNIA (1921 – 2014), MFA, YALE UNIVERSITY, FORMER TENURED PROFESSOR, CURATOR, AND COLLECTOR. IT IS IN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CONDITION. NEVER FRAMED NOR MATTED. KEPT IN A FLAT FILE AWAY FROM LIGHT, IT APPEARS VIRTUALLY PRISTINE, AS ISSUED, WITH NO BURN, STAINING, OR FOXING NOTED. COLORS BRIGHT WITH NO APPARENT FADING. THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST EXTANT EXAMPLES OF THIS EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL AND RARE LITHOGRAPH.

2 – ORIGINAL 1954 MARC CHAGALL COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC POSTER TITLED Vence: Cite des Arts et des Fleurs. EDITION: 1500.

THIS POSTER IS FROM THE ESTATE OF HOWARD JOHN BESNIA (1921 – 2014), MFA, YALE UNIVERSITY, FORMER TENURED PROFESSOR, CURATOR, AND COLLECTOR. ON WOVE PAPER, IT IS IN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE CONDITION. NEVER FRAMED. NEVER MATTED. KEPT IN A FLAT FILE AWAY FROM LIGHT, IT APPEARS VIRTUALLY AS ISSUED WITH NO BURN, STAINING, OR FOXING NOTED. COLORS BRIGHT WITH NO APPARENT FADING. THERE IS ONLY A SMALL, UNOBTRUSIVE (1/2” OR LESS) CREASE U.R. MARGIN) MAKING THIS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST EXTANT EXAMPLES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COLLECTIBLE LITHOGRAPH.

Artist: Marc Chagall
Title: Vence: Cite des Arts et des Fleurs
Year: 1954
Medium: Lithograph in Colors on Wove Paper
Edition:   1500
Paper Size: 27.5 x 20 inches
Image: 20 x 15.5 inches

Original Lithograph, Vence, City of Arts and Flowers, Easter Celebration, 1954
Reference: Mourlot 92; MP 9
Printed by Mourlot, Paris

GALLERY PRICE $1500: http://rogallery.com/Chagall_Marc/chagall-vence.htm

3 – BEAUTIFUL BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 100TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER BY ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG. SIGNED "RAUSCHENBERG 80" WITHIN THE MATRIX L.R., PRINTED BY TELAMON EDITIONS, LTD., WEST ISLIP, NEW YORK, COPYRIGHT 1980. COLOR LITHOGRAPHS ON HEAVY PAPER, 38 X 25 1/4 IN., UNFRAMED.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL 1980 POSTER – DON'T BE FOOLED BY CHEAP REPRODUCTIONS CLAIMING TO BE “LICENSED.”

CONDITION: minor handling otherwise MINT OR NEAR MINT.
PROVENANCE: FROM THE ESTATE OF JOAN SONNABEND, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

All of our descriptions are written as accurately as possible, with all sizes approximate, and all observed faults noted. Condition are given as a courtesy and represent our HONEST OPINION. ITEMS MAY ONLY BE RETURNED IN THE SAME CONDITION AS WHEN SENT OR WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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