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
Marseille Alexandrie Messageries Maritimes by Davile 1924
Artist: Daviel Printer: PLM, Paris Size: 30 x 40 ” / 76,2 x 101,6 cm On/Off Linen: On Linen Year: 1924 Condition & Comments: Excellent
The Egyptian Pharoah is holding the train and the ship right where the departs from Marseille to Alexandria Egypt. Buy your ticket in Paris via the PLM and you link your train ticket to your travel on a paquebot on the messageries Maritimes line to Africa. You could travel in luxury on wagon lits meaning beds in a cabin. Known as the Route to Egypt in the poster. This rare poster was featured on the cover of an important collector journal for antiquities in France. In excellent condition.
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.
This World War I poster by Lucien Jonas was created for the Compagnie Algérienne to encourage subscriptions to an Emprunt, or war bond, supporting the French war effort. Jonas depicts a soldier of the Troupes Coloniales bidding farewell to his family before leaving for the front—an image meant to highlight both sacrifice and duty. These troops were recruited from France’s North African colonies and fought alongside the poilus (French infantrymen). Issued in Paris by Devambez, this is a strong and emotional example of Jonas’ wartime propaganda work, printed in 1917 at the height of the conflict.
Details
Artist: Jonas, Lucien
Printer: Devambez, Paris
Size: 31 x 47 in / 80 x 120 cm
On/Off Linen: On linen (perfect)
Print Technique: Lithograph
Year: c.1917
Condition & Comments: Excellent. Original WWI poster promoting a Compagnie Algérienne war loan, featuring a Colonial soldier and his family.
