The purpose, role, and style of the poster has changed constantly for over a century to meet the ever-changing needs of society. And, while today its role is less central than it was over a hundred years ago, still the poster evolves and influences how we communicate in the 21st century.
Period Paper offers original mini posters from Cheret and the birth of the poster in the Belle Epoque era, through WWI into Modernism and the Art Deco era (including the masterful and highly collectible London Railway Posters), to WWII and the rise of the postwar Information Age.
What is an original mini poster? They range from the hand-tipped miniature posters released in specialty journals and portfolios, to the common halftone images considered ephemera, to the fine art lithographs by Mourlot in France who printed the posters of Picasso, Chagall, Miro, Matisse & more in miniature.
$47.95 USD
This is an original 1940 halftone print of "Portrait of Clovis Sagot, 1909." The original artwork had been in the A. E. von Saher Collection. Sagot was an infamous art... View full product details
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This is an original 1940 halftone print of "Woman with Pears, 1908." The original artwork had been in the Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Collection. CONDITIONThis 71+ year old Item is... View full product details
$51.95 USD
This is an original 1940 color photolithograph of a painting done by Pablo Picasso titled, "Portrait of Miss Gertrude Stein, 1906." Stein was an American art collector, poet and writer,... View full product details
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This is an original 1940 halftone print of "The Moorish Woman, 1923." CONDITIONThis 71+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine. Light aging in margins. No creases.... View full product details
$46.95 USD
This is an original 1940 halftone print of a painting by Pablo Picasso titled, "Portrait of Madame Soler, 1903." The original artwork had been held in the Thannhauser Collection. CONDITIONThis... View full product details
$43.95 USD
This is an original 1940 halftone print of "Head of a Man, 1938." The original artwork had been housed in the Galerie Pierre. CONDITIONThis 71+ year old Item is rated... View full product details
$43.95 USD
This is an original 1940 halftone print of "Woman Leaning on her Elbow, 1921." CONDITIONThis 71+ year old Item is rated Near Mint / Very Fine. Light aging in margins.... View full product details
$57.95 USD
"James Abram Garfield" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835-1915) of James Abram Garfield, the twentieth... View full product details
$58.95 USD
"Grover Cleveland" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, Eastman Johnson (1824-1906) of Grover Cleveland, the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President... View full product details
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"Ulysses S. Grant" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by Le Claire of Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth President of the United States.CONDITIONThis... View full product details
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"Presidents and Kings of Southeastern Europe" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure with portraits of the rulers of Southeastern Europe: Dr. Michael Hainisch, President of Austria; Nicholas Horthy, Regent... View full product details
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"John Taylor" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) of John Taylor, the tenth President... View full product details
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"William Howard Taft" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait of William Howard Taft, the twenty-seventh President of the United States.CONDITIONThis 92+ year old... View full product details
$58.95 USD
"Warren Gamaliel Harding" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of a portrait of Warren Gamaliel Harding, the twenty-ninth President of the United States.CONDITIONThis 92+ year old Item is rated... View full product details
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"William McKinley" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the painter, August Benziger (1867-1955) of William McKinley, the twentieth-fifth President of the United... View full product details
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"Women Who Have Presided Over the White House" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of portraits of the first ladies of the United States from Martha Washington to Grace... View full product details
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"James Madison" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States.CONDITIONThis 92+ year old Item is... View full product details
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"John Quincy Adams" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) of John Quincy Adams, the... View full product details
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"Franklin Pierce" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) of Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth President... View full product details
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"Martin Van Buren" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) of Martin Van Buren, the... View full product details
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"Zachary Taylor" This is an original 1923 sepia rotogravure of the official White House portrait by the American painter, Eliphalet Frazer Andrews (1835-1915) of Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of the funeral of Admiral Robert Edwin Peary, the discoverer of the North Pole, and the explorer of the Arctic. Peary claimed to... View full product details
$63.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of Madonna and Child. The caption writes, "Painting of the Madonna and Child and two angels by Piero Pollaiuolo (1429-98). It was formerly... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of prominent actresses of the 1920s. Shown are Alma Tell, Martha Bryan Allen, Marjorie Rambeau, Grace George, Doris Keane and Edna Hibbard. The... View full product details
$64.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of prominent silent film actresses of the 1920s. Shown are Lila Lee, Corinne Griffith, Claire Windsor, Gladys Walton, Pearl White, Nazimova, and Shirley... View full product details
$63.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of the funerals of Champ Clark and Edward Douglass White. Clark served as a member in the House of Representatives, and White was... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of portraits of various prominent actresses of the 1920s. Shown are Madge Kennedy, Elsie Ferguson, Jane Cowl, Ruth Chatterton and Florence Eldridge. Elsie... View full product details
$64.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of the funeral procession of Terence MacSwiney, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, who starved himself to death in Brixton Prison after... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of prominent actors of the 1920s. Shown are Frank Bacon, George Arliss, Lowell Sherman, Ben-Ami, Charles Cherry, Lionel Atwill, Louis Mann, E. H.... View full product details
$63.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of portraits of premiers and cabinet members of the British government. Shown are portraits of Winston Churchill, Lloyd George, Lord Curzon, Arthur J.... View full product details
$58.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of portraits of German ex-royalties in exile in Holland. Shown is Kaiser Wilhelm II, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, and homesteads in Amerongen, Netherlands;... View full product details
$64.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of famous international opera singers. Shown is Mary Garden, Luisa Tetrazzini, Edith Mason, Mme. Schumann-Heink, Anna Fitziu, Rosa Ponselle and Geraldine Farrar.CONDITIONThis 89+... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of portraits of various American film actresses. Shown are Billie Burke, Frances Starr, Eleanor Painter, Cleo Mayfield, Olga Cook, Laurette Taylor, Violet Hemming... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of portraits of political figures in Belgium and Poland. Shown are Emile Vandervelde, Cardinal Mercier, Paul Hymans, Wincenty Witos, Carton de Wiart and... View full product details
$67.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of the cityscape of Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey. Also shown is a portrait of Mohammed VI, the Sultan of Turkey. The caption writes, "Constantinople,... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of statesmen of both Italy and Spain. Shown are portraits of Baron Sydney Sonnino, Vittorio Orlando, Francesco Nitti, Tommaso Tittoni, Giovanni Giolitti, Carlos... View full product details
$74.95 USD
This is a rare original 1922 sepia rotogravure of portraits of prominent Soviet Russia and Turkish Empire statesmen. Shown are George Tchitcherin, M. Kalinin, M. Zinoviev, M. Luna Charsky, Adolph... View full product details
$63.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of President Theodore Roosevelt's funeral procession, and his gravestone at Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York. Roosevelt served as the 26th president of... View full product details
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This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of Pius XI appearing on the balcony of St. Peter's after being elected pope, and Benedict XV lying on his deathbed. CONDITIONThis 89+... View full product details
$64.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of prominent silent film actresses. Shown are Mae Murray, Betty Blythe, Constance Talmadge, Viola Dana, Priscilla Dean and Dorothy Dalton. Betty Blythe is... View full product details
$63.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of prominent German politicians. Shown are Dr. Walter Rathenau, Frederick Ebert, Prince Max von Baden, Gottlieb von Jagow, T. von Bethmann-Hollweg, Gustave Noske,... View full product details
$66.95 USD
This is an original 1922 sepia rotogravure of prominent silent film actors of the 1920s. Shown is Charles "Charlie" Chaplin, William Farnum, Wallace Reid, Eugene O'Brien, Douglas Fairbanks, King Baggot,... View full product details
$374.95 USD
"Prof. Giuseppe Barbieri" This is an original 1833 black and white copper engraving of a portrait by G. Darif of Italian architect Giuseppe Barberi (1746-1809). CONDITIONThis 180+ year old Item... View full product details
$324.95 USD
"Il Marchese Del Carretto" This is an original 1834 black and white copper engraving of a portrait of Il Marchese Del Carretto, Francesco Saverio by Guiseppe Fagnani.CONDITIONThis 179+ year old... View full product details
$52.95 USD
"Wie Bist Du Weib? / Dr. Bernhard A. Bauer" This is an original 1926 photogravure of a book cover design by Ludwig Hohlwein. Period Paper is pleased to offer a... View full product details
$325.95 USD
"Andrea Cittadella Vigodarzere" This is an original 1843 black and white copper engraving of a portrait of Italian politician, Andrea Cittadella Vigordarzere (1804-1870). CONDITIONThis 170+ year old Item is rated... View full product details
$52.95 USD
"Brutus auch Du! / Richard Voss" This is an original 1926 photogravure of a book cover design by Ludwig Hohlwein. Period Paper is pleased to offer a collection of original... View full product details
$424.95 USD
"Lodovico Menin" This is an original 1833 black and white copper engraving of a portrait by Antonio Viviani of Italian illustrator, Lodovico Menin (1783-1868). CONDITIONThis 180+ year old Item is... View full product details