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  • beausoleil french travel poster featuring a sunflower and the old town of Beausoleil next to monte carlo

    Beausoleil – PLM French Railway Poster, c.1900

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    Beausoleil – PLM French Railway Poster, c.1900

    Original c.1900 French railway poster for Beausoleil, a resort on the Côte d’Azur, issued by the Paris–Lyon–Méditerranée (PLM) railway company while it was still formally known as the Chemins de Fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée. The design, by an anonymous artist, promotes Beausoleil as a premier Mediterranean destination at the turn of the century.

    The poster was produced using chromolithography, a demanding color printing process employed by only a handful of French ateliers around 1900. This technique allowed for richly layered tones and subtle gradients, giving the image a depth not achievable through simpler lithographic methods of the period.

    Highly sought after as both a travel and railway collectible, this example is professionally backed on linen and survives in excellent “A” condition, retaining strong color and sharp detail.

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    Title: Beausoleil
    Artist: Anonymous
    Date: c.1900
    Printer: Robaudy, Cannes, France
    Size: 30 x 40 in.
    Print Type: Chromolithography
    Linen: On linen
    Condition: Excellent “A”

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  • Fontainebleau by Julien Lacaze 1930 vintage French TRAVEL POSTERFontainebleau by Julien Lacaze 1930 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER

    Fontainebleau by Julien Lacaze 1930 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER

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    $ 2,450

    Fontainebleau-Avon – Julien Lacaze – c. 1930

    Original French railway travel poster for Fontainebleau-Avon, designed by Julien Lacaze and dating from circa 1930. This exceptionally decorative image presents the famous Château de Fontainebleau and its gardens through a striking view across the water, dominated in the foreground by one of the sculptural eagles associated with the palace’s celebrated fountains and basins.

    Lacaze uses a particularly rich Art Deco palette of turquoise, orange, purple and deep green, transforming the historic château and its reflections into a bold, almost graphic composition. The poster promotes Fontainebleau and neighboring Avon, easily reached from Paris and long celebrated for the royal château, its formal gardens and the surrounding Forest of Fontainebleau.

    Julien Lacaze was a prolific French painter and poster artist who produced numerous travel designs for the great French railway companies, including the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM). His railway posters are particularly admired for combining recognizable landscapes and architecture with the strong color and simplified forms characteristic of French travel advertising between the wars.

    Printed in Paris by Lucien Serre & Cie, an important printer of French railway and tourism posters of the period. The PLM emblem appears prominently in the upper right, while the inscription at the bottom indicates that the poster was issued by “L’ESSI” Syndicat d’Initiatives, the local tourism organization.

    A beautiful and increasingly difficult-to-find original French railway poster, professionally backed on linen and preserved in exceptional condition.

    Artist: Julien Lacaze
    Printer: Lucien Serre & Cie, Paris
    Size: 25 x 39 inches / 62 x 100 cm
    Linen: On linen
    Technique: Lithograph
    Year: c. 1930
    Condition: Excellent

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  • Menton by Constantin Terechkovitch 1960 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER

    Menton by Constantin Terechkovitch 1960 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER

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    $ 1,250

    Menton by Constantin Terechkovitch 1960 stone lithograph

    The “Menton – Mer, Monts et Merveilles” poster, created in 1960 by Russian-French artist Constantin Terechkovitch, beautifully captures the charm of this picturesque town on the Côte d’Azur. Terechkovitch, a renowned painter and close friend of Bonnard, Chagall, Miró, Picasso, and Matisse, lived in Menton and was deeply inspired by its coastal beauty. This stunning lithograph, printed by the prestigious Mourlot Imprimerie, showcases a vibrant scene of an elegant woman relaxing in the shade, surrounded by lush fruits and plants, with the shimmering Mediterranean in the background. Mourlot, known for its mastery of traditional stone lithography, produced this piece along with iconic works for Picasso, Chagall, Miró, and Matisse, making it a true collector’s gem.

    Artist Terechkovitch
    Printer Imprimerie Moulot
    Size 27.5 x 39 ” / 70 x 100 cm
    On / Off linen Unlined
    Print Technique stone lithograph
    Condition & CommentsExcellent

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  • Menton La Perle de France by Richard 1930 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER

    Menton La Perle de France by Richard 1930 vintage French TRAVEL POSTER

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    $ 2,500

    Artist: Richard, James
    Printer: Lucien Serre, Paris
    Size: 24 x 39 inches
    On/Off Linen: On Linen
    Print Technique: Lithograph
    Condition & Comments: Excellent

    Menton the Pearl of France by James Richard c1930 vintage poster on linen

    Poster printed for the Chemins de Fer Paris Lyon Mediterrannee circa 1930 with artwork by James Richard. Poster measures 24 x 39 inches and is in A condition and mounted on linen. Menton is found along the Cote D’Azur between Monte Carlo and Italy. Beautiful and rare poster for one of the premiere destinations in the French Riviera. This is an authentic original printing in lithography from the period by Lucien Serre Printers in Paris who did most of the PLM posters of the period.

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