Original vintage travel poster published by ENIT (Italian National Tourist Board) promoting Padua. The design shows the wooden Trojan Horse inside the Palazzo della Ragione, with the Basilica di Sant’Antonio visible in the background. Artwork by Lamberto Barbi and Giorgio Benvignati. English language version. Rare.
Details:
Artist: Lamberto Barbi & Giorgio Benvignati
Title: Padova
Date: 1949
Printer: Barabino & Graeve
Publisher: ENIT
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 27.5 x 39 inches (70 x 100 cm)
Ravenna was created by Giovanni Guerrini circa 1930 for ENIT (Italian State Tourist Office) and the Italian Railways to promote travel to the historic city in Emilia-Romagna. The design shows a view toward the Basilica of San Vitale, one of Ravenna’s most important monuments, celebrated for its Byzantine mosaics.
Printed in lithography, the poster reflects the interwar period’s focus on highlighting Italy’s regional cultural heritage. This example has been mounted on linen for preservation and is in excellent condition.
Title: Ravenna
Artist: Giovanni Guerrini
Date: c.1930
Printer: ENIT (Italian Railways)
Size: 27 × 39 in
Print Type: lithograph
Condition: Excellent on linen
Comments: Features a view toward the Basilica of San Vitale. Rare original Italian travel poster issued for ENIT and the Italian Railways.
Original 1926 travel poster for Cattolica, a seaside resort on the Adriatic coast near San Marino. Designed by Livio Apollini and printed by Novissima in Rome, the poster depicts a lively beachfront with rows of bungalows connected by walkways across the sand in classic Italian style. A distinctive “boat-tail” automobile is shown arriving at one of the beach houses, situating the scene firmly in the leisure culture of the 1920s.
Printed as a lithograph, this design reflects both the elegance of Italian holiday destinations and the rise of seaside tourism in the interwar years. This example is preserved in excellent “A” condition, professionally backed on linen, with strong colors and crisp detail.
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Details
Title: Catollica Riviera Adriatica
Artist: Livio Apollini
Date: 1926
Printer: Novissima, Roma
Size: 27.5 x 39 in.
Print Technique: Lithograph
Linen: On linen
Condition: Excellent A
Original vintage French lithograph travel poster for Cannes by SEM (Georges Goursat). This elegant horizontal composition promotes the famed resort town on the Cote d’Azur, depicting a stylized coastal view framed by lush Mediterranean foliage, with bold “CANNES” lettering emphasizing the destination’s prestige.
By the 1930s, Cannes had become a major summer destination, attracting an international, well-heeled clientele to its casinos, promenades, beaches, and refined social life. The poster captures the glamour and appeal of the Riviera during this period of growing tourism.
Georges Goursat (1863–1934), known as SEM, was a celebrated French caricaturist and illustrator. Born into a privileged background, he was closely familiar with high society and often depicted its lifestyle with wit and sophistication, bringing a distinctive observational quality to his work.
Artist: SEM (Georges Goursat)
Year: c. 1930
Dimensions: 46 x 31 inches / 117 x 79 cm
Medium: Lithograph on paper
Condition: Excellent
Printer: Vercasson, Paris Size: 30 x 40 ” / 76,2 x 101,6 cm On/Off Linen: Delay approx 2 weeks to linen-back before delivery Print Technique: lithograph Year: 1932 Condition & Comments: Excellent A condition
Europeans love to take their cures. Youcan go to the mountains or by the sea and take the hot baths, and get all kinds of treatments to improve your health. Still true today and Plombieres les Bains is advertising that you can heal your enteritis and rhumatism and others ills as we can see from this jolly older fellow who now feels so good he is dancing with joy….
This original French travel poster was commissioned by the PLM Railways (Paris–Lyon–Méditerranée) to promote travel to La Mure, a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France.
The composition uses strong, vibrant color, dominated by yellow and blue tones. The town of La Mure is depicted in an en plein air style, emphasizing light and atmosphere rather than strict architectural detail. The lower portion of the poster is divided into two scenic vignettes: at left, Les Lacs, featuring a statue of a man on horseback set within a mountainous landscape; at right, the Chemins de Fer Électrique de La Mure, illustrating the region’s electric railway line and its dramatic route through the terrain.
The poster reflects the PLM’s broader effort during the interwar period to promote regional tourism by combining landscape, infrastructure, and cultural landmarks within a single image. It is a representative example of French railway advertising from the late 1920s.
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Details
Title: La Mure d’Isere – PLM
Artist: Oraim
Date: 1928
Size: 25.5 × 39 inches
Linen backed: Yes
Comments: Original French travel poster. Linen backed. Excellent condition with strong color and well-preserved printing. Ready to frame.
FONT-ROMEU — HIVER COMME ETE: LA SANTE — SNCF — 1937 Ski & Golf
Original French travel poster promoting the mountain resort of Font-Romeu, issued by the SNCF in 1937. Located in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border, Font-Romeu is one of the earliest ski resorts in France. The poster presents the resort as a destination for all seasons, promoting skiing during the winter months and golf during the summer, while emphasizing the region’s sunshine, mountain air, and healthful climate. The design reflects the growing popularity of alpine tourism in France during the 1930s.
Artist: Anonymous
Title: Font-Romeu – Hiver comme ete: la sante
Printer: Technique Publicitaire, Paris
Size: 24 1/4 x 39 1/8 inches / 61.6 x 99.4 cm
On / Off Linen: On linen
Print Technique: Lithograph
Year: 1937
Condition & Comments: A condition.
TROUPES COLONIALES — JEUNES GENS… ALLEZ AUX COLONIES — c.1927
French recruitment poster issued by the Ministere de la Guerre encouraging young men to enlist in the Troupes Coloniales. The design combines the French colonial emblem with scenes representing colonial territories and activity, including agricultural work with a tractor, laborers in the fields, figures in North African dress with a camel, a mounted soldier, and a harbor scene. The poster outlines different forms of enlistment and service in the colonies and promotes travel, employment, and advancement through colonial military service.
Artist: Anon
Printer: Imprimerie Nationale, Paris
Size: 31 x 47 inches / 80 x 120 cm
On / Off Linen: On linen
Print Technique: Lithograph
Year: c.1927
Condition & Comments: Excellent condition. Rare.
This original Razzia poster, Bugatti Atlantic, was created for Louis Vuitton’s annual Classic Car event, where the artist designed a new image each year celebrating the spirit of automotive excellence. Depicting the iconic Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic, the poster captures both the elegance and aerodynamic grace of one of the most admired automobiles ever built.
Commissioned and printed for Louis Vuitton, the work reflects Razzia’s distinctive fusion of Art Deco aesthetics and modern graphic design. The poster is hand-signed by the artist, obtained directly from Razzia, and guaranteed authentic. A Certificate of Authenticity is available upon request.
Artist: Razzia (Gérard Courbouleix-Dénériaz)
Title: Bugatti Atlantic
Date: 1990s
Printer: Louis Vuitton
Size: 27.5 × 39 in (70 × 100 cm)
Condition: Excellent “A”
Comments: Original hand-signed poster by Razzia created for Louis Vuitton’s annual Classic Car event, featuring the legendary Bugatti Atlantic. From the artist’s personal collection.
Baicoli – I Famosi Biscotti Veneziani – Emka, 1949
Original vintage Italian advertising poster for “Baicoli, i famosi biscotti Veneziani,” produced by the Colussi brand. Designed by Emka, this striking mid-century composition reflects the elegance and refinement associated with Venice, rendered in a late Art Deco style.
The image features a finely dressed couple in stylized Venetian attire, with rich reds set against deep blue tones and architectural elements suggesting Venice. The refined composition and strong color contrasts create a memorable and visually sophisticated advertisement for the traditional Venetian biscuit.
Printed in lithography by Bonetti, Milan, with the artist’s signature in the plate at the lower left and printer and date identified below the image.
Artist: Emka
Year: 1949
Printer: Bonetti, Milan
Dimensions: 39 x 27 inches / 99 x 69 cm
Medium: Lithograph on linen
Condition: Excellent
Bitter Campari “L’Aperitivo” – Fortunato Depero, c. 1965
Vintage advertising poster for Campari designed by Fortunato Depero, originally created in the 1930s and reissued by the company in the 1960s. According to Signor Passerini, former curator of the Campari collection, the company published this poster in the 1960s. This example is a second edition printed in offset lithography by Officine Grafiche Leopoldo Baroni, Milan. A bold and iconic Futurist composition, the design is one of Depero’s most recognizable works for Campari and reflects the strong graphic style associated with the brand. Signed in the plate “F. Depero”.
Artist: Fortunato Depero
Title: Bitter Campari – L’Aperitivo
Year: c. 1965 second edition
Printer: Officine Grafiche Leopoldo Baroni, Milan
Medium: Offset lithograph in colors, mounted on linen
Size: 38.4 x 26.8 inches / 97.5 x 68 cm
Condition: Excellent
