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Black and white photograph depicting a young Cassius Clay in Miami Beach.<ul><li>Flip Schulke (American, 1930-2008).</li><li>This work is offered unframed.</li><li>Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.</li><li>Signed Flip Schulke on reverse with gallery label.</li><li>Artist lifetime print from the 1990s.</li></ul>

Cassius Clay, Miami Beach

A collection of items comprising artwork relating to <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">musician</a> <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=rick%20wakeman&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rick Wakeman</a>’s 1979 album ‘Rhapsodies’.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 7</li><li>Included in the collection are:</li><li>The original cover artwork which consists of separate shots, taken by photographer Paul Wakefield, combined into one retouched dye-transfer print with some body color air brushing added to the sky.</li><li>An original concept sketch.</li><li>4 original Polaroid photographs, one of which was used for the inner gatefold.</li><li>A sample copy of the sleeve without the vinyl.</li></ul>

Rick Wakeman Rhapsodies Album Cover Artwork Collection

Black and white photograph of Andy Warhol kissing John Lennon on the cheek, 1978.<ul><li>Christopher Makos (American, b. 1948).</li><li>Gelatin silver print.</li><li>Printed in 1990.</li><li>Signed in pencil on the reverse.</li><li>Unframed.</li></ul>

Andy Warhol Kissing John Lennon Photograph

A black and white print of James Dean with its negative.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Newly printed photo and original negative.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

James Dean Porsche Print And Negative

A dizzying poster of Kusama's iconic polka-dotted soft sculptures, advertising the opening of the 1965 installation at the Castellane Gallery of her first ever mirror room, hand-addressed by Kusama in 1965 to the Museum of Modern Art.<ul><li>Produced by Castellane Gallery in 1965.</li><li>Hand-addressed by the artist to the Museum of Modern Art on verso, with 1965 Grand Central Station postmark.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Kusama's exhibition, titled in full "Infinity Mirror Room —Phalli's Field (Floor Show)," was documented in a series of photographs of the artist reclining on her own "phallus meadow" in a red leotard — the most famous and striking images of her work from that era. In her autobiography, Kusama describes the installation that marked the beginning of arguably her best-known and most popular series of works: "The walls of the room were mirrors, and sprouting from the floor were thousands of white canvas phallic forms covered with red polka dots. The mirrors reflected them infinitely, summoning up a sublime, miraculous field of phalluses. People could walk barefoot through the phallus meadow, becoming one with the work and experiencing their own figures and movement as part of the sculpture. Wandering into this infinite wonderland, where a grandiose aggregation of human sexual symbols had been transformed into a humorous, polka-dotted field, viewers found themselves spellbound by the imagination as it exorcised sexual sickness in the naked light of day." The New York Times described Kusama's mid-'60s work as the "awful vision of a self-perpetuating infinity," but they meant they liked it. The verso of the poster is addressed by Kusama to MoMA, which now holds numerous works by the artist in their permanent collection and mounted her site-specific installation Narcissus Garden at PS1 in 2018. An important association of this scarce document for an early and landmark show from this major artist — distinctly rare addressed by Kusama.

Floor Show Exhibition Poster

A black and white print of Marlon Brando with its negative.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Newly printed photo and original negative.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Marlon Brando Print And Negative

Black and white photograph of Grace Kelly, 1955.<ul><li>Philippe Halsman (Latvian-American, 1906-1979).</li><li>Silver gelatin semi-gloss double-weight photograph.</li><li>Conservation framed in obeche wood with card mount and UV plexiglass.</li></ul>

Grace Kelly Photograph

An Italian <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=La%20Dolce%20Vita&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">La Dolce Vita</a>.<ul><li>Georgio Olivetti (Italian).</li><li>Cineriz.</li><li>Style A poster.</li><li>Printed in two sheets to be pasted onto billboards, therefore only unused examples survived.&nbsp;</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Georgio Olivetti's La Dolce Vita poster is one of the most famous images from the 60s. The poster exploits Marcello's infatuation with the starlet, conveyed quite evocatively in the dangling cigarette, its burning tip and the rising smoke.

Italian La Dolce Vita Movie Poster

Original <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=concept%20artwork&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en&amp;filters.type=Buy%20Now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">concept artwork</a> for the film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Star%20Wars&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Star Wars</a> by Michelangelo Papuzza.<ul><li>Michelangelo Papuzza (Italian, dates unknown).</li><li>Tempera on artboard.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> This original concept artwork by Michelangelo Papuzza was designed for the Italian poster campaign, but it was not used on any of the posters. However, it was used on the cover for the book/essay Star Wars by George Lucas and Alan Dean Foster published by Club Degli Editori in 1978. On the back there are some indications in pencil from the art director to Papuzza regarding the elements of the drawing to be modified for the definitive version, together with text saying 'campaign wide B/2'. These can be seen through the perspex window on the back of the frame.

Italian Star Wars / Guerre Stellari Concept Artwork

A Japanese handbill for the 1927 science fiction film Metropolis.<ul><li>Parufamet.</li><li>Paper, backed on paper.</li><li>Conservation framed with UV plexiglass.</li></ul>

Metropolis Movie Handbill

A title card from the film 12 Angry Men, starring Henry Fonda.<ul><li>United Artists.</li><li>Conservation framed with UV plexiglass.</li></ul>

12 Angry Men Movie Title Card

A&nbsp;first-year-of-release 1-sheet film poster for musical bonanza You'll Never Get Rich, starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth.<ul><li>Columbia Pictures.</li><li>Style B poster.</li><li>Paper backed with linen.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

You'll Never Get Rich Movie Poster

A complete set of concert programs for all of the Jimi Hendrix Experience performances at the Saville Theatre, London, 1967.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 5.</li><li>First is for the performance in January 1967 with The Who as the opening act.</li><li>Second is for the performance in May 1967.</li><li>Third took place in June 1967 with Paul McCartney and George Harrison in the audience. Hendrix opened the set with his version of The Beatles song Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which The Beatles released three days prior to the show.</li><li>Fourth is for August 1967.</li><li>Fifth is for the performance in October 1967.</li><li>The four programs with psychedelic covers were designed by art collective The Fool.</li></ul>

Complete set of Saville Theatre Concert Programs

Movie poster for the Japanese rerelease of Funny Face, featuring a beautiful image of Audrey Hepburn, 1966<ul><li>Paramount Pictures.</li><li>Linen backed and unframed.</li></ul>

Funny Face Japanese Movie Poster

Color print of rock legend Elvis Presley with vintage slide.<ul><li>Sold as a set of 2.</li><li>Newly printed giclée on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Paper.</li><li>Slide with cardboard frame.</li><li>Print is unframed.</li></ul>

Elvis Presley Print with Original Vintage Slide

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Philadelphia%20Story&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Philadelphia Story</a>.<ul><li>Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.</li><li>Style D poster.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

The Philadelphia Story Movie Poster

A Paul McCartney autographed Big Mountain Face lithograph.<ul><li>Numbered 42/200.</li><li>Originally purchased from one of Paul McCartney’s Paintings exhibitions in the United Kingdom in the 2000s.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Big Mountain Face Lithograph

Complete set of British weekly music newspaper Record Mirror between 1954 and 1991.<ul><li>First released in 1954 and two years later featured the first UK album chart.</li><li>Also the first UK music paper to feature color front covers, setting it apart from its competitors on the news stand.</li><li>Record Mirror contained weekly charts, record reviews, interviews with and articles about all of the most popular and up and coming groups and artists of the day.</li></ul>

British Record Mirror Complete Set

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=lobby%20card&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lobby card</a> for the film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Mystery%20Of%20The%20Wax%20Museum&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mystery Of The Wax Museum</a>.<ul><li>Warner Bros.</li><li>Conservation framed with UV plexiglass.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> Exceptionally rare US lobby card for this 1933 horror film.

The Mystery Of The Wax Museum Movie Lobby Card

A Japanese <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the Steve McQueen film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Le%20Mans&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Le Mans</a>.<ul><li>Panavision.</li><li>Unfolded and linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This larger format poster is much harder to find. It was printed in two sheets and has been joined together when linen backed.

Japanese Le Mans Movie Poster

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the Bruce Lee film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Enter%20the%20Dragon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enter the Dragon</a>.<ul><li>Panavision.</li><li>Unfolded and linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This is the rarest American poster on the film, which was designed for drive-ins and special displays. Far fewer of this size poster were printed. It was printed on heavier paper stock and over time many were folded. However, this example has remained in its original unfolded state.

Enter the Dragon Movie Poster

Movie poster for the 1975 re-release of Skill, Brains and Guts, the documentary chronicling legendary boxer Muhammad Ali's career.<ul><li>The Big Fights, Inc.</li><li>Unframed, linen backed and unfolded.</li></ul>

Skill, Brains and Guts Movie Poster

Italian Batman film poster starring Adam West.<ul><li>Twentieth-Century Fox.</li><li>Rolled and linen backed.</li></ul>

Batman Italian Movie Poster

A folding card announcing the 1985 event "NY for NY: Help The Homeless," at The Roxy on West 18th Street, New York.<ul><li>Cover includes imagery by Keith Haring.</li><li>Printed signature lower left.</li><li>Off-set printed on paper.</li></ul> The Roxy was a legendary nightclub in New York City in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. This historic 1985 charity event featured art from Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf and Futura 2000, and was hosted by Haring, Lou Reed, Herbie Hancock and many others.

NY For NY: Help The Homeless Charity Event Announcement Card

A concert poster for the performance of New Order at Hal 4, Utopia, Rotterdam.&nbsp;<ul><li>The concert took place on the 13th&nbsp;December 1980.&nbsp;</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Dutch New Order Concert Poster

Basquiat illustrated and printed this flyer for his band Gray for the occasion of Gray with DNA at the legendary CBGB club on March 22, 1980.<ul><li>Jean-Michel Basquiat (American, 1960-1988).</li><li>Unsigned from an edition of unknown size.</li><li>Xerox printed on paper.</li><li>Accompanied by a letter of provenance.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Here, Basquiat, in a surreal, film-noir like pattern, employs his own fingerprints to suggest a forthcoming Gray performance as a crime-scene waiting to happen, with "GRAY" very discreetly written within one of his fingerprints. A uniquely personal and very striking insight into Basquiat’s own musical history.

Gray Band Flyer

A British <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the Steve McQueen film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Le%20Mans&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Le Mans</a>.<ul><li>20th Century Fox.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

British Le Mans Movie Poster

A style B <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the first French release of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=The%20Maltese%20Falcon&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Maltese Falcon</a>.<ul><li>Jacques Bonneaud (French, 1898-1971).</li><li>Warner Bros.</li><li>This is one of only two known surviving examples.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

French The Maltese Falcon / Le Faucon Maltais Movie Poster

A French <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=James%20Bond&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Bond</a> film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Goldfinger&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goldfinger</a>.<ul><li>Jean Mascii (French, 1926-2003).</li><li>United Artists.</li><li>Produced for the first French release, 1965.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

French James Bond Goldfinger Movie Poster

A Japanese <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the Kenji Mizoguchi film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Taira%20Clan%20Saga&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Taira Clan Saga</a>.<ul><li>Unfolded and linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Original Japanese Kenji Mizoguchi posters from the 1950s are exceptionally rare and seldom surface outside of Japan.

Japanese Taira Clan Saga Movie Poster

Limited-edition lithograph of Bob Dylan’s Slide painting from his 2014&nbsp;Drawn Blank Series.<ul><li>Published by Washington Green Fine Art.</li><li>Produced using the giclée method of printing on Hahnemüle museum etching paper.</li><li>Number 76 of 295.</li><li>Signed by Bob Dylan in pencil bottom-right recto.</li><li>Accompanied by the original numbered letter of authenticity, also signed by Dylan.</li></ul>

Drawn Blank Series, Slide Lithograph

A concert poster that was produced to promote the Jimi Hendrix Experience performance that took place at the Bongo-New Orleans Club, in Malmo, Sweden.<ul><li>Produced for the concert on the 23rd of May, 1967.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Jimi Hendrix Experience Swedish Concert Poster

The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman Shooting Star Award, 1965.<ul><li>A Fry’s Shooting Star Award with plaque reading The Rolling Stones, Satisfaction.</li><li>Brass star atop a brass ladder mounted to a wooden base.</li><li>Sponsored by Fry’s Chocolate (now Cadbury’s) and presented to the fastest climbing artist on Radio Luxembourg’s Top 20 Show.</li><li>These awards were presented between 1964 and 1966.</li><li>04116 handwritten on the back and bottom of the base in silver pen.</li></ul>

Rolling Stones Shooting Star Award 

Movie poster for the Italian release of Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), 1966.<ul><li>Franco Fiorenzi (Italian, 1912-1992).</li><li>REA Films.</li><li>Style B poster.</li><li>Paper backed and unframed.</li></ul>

Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Italian Movie Poster

An original release <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> by one of the masters of French poster design, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Boris%20Grinsson&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boris Grinsson</a>.<ul><li>Boris Grinsson (Russian, 1907-1999).</li><li>Walt Disney Studios.</li><li>Linen backed and conservation framed with UV plexiglass.</li></ul>

French Alice In Wonderland / Alice Au Pays Des Merveilles Movie Poster

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/film" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">movie poster</a> for the film <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Jaws&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jaws</a>.<ul><li>Roger Kastel (American, 1931-2023).</li><li>Universal Studios.</li><li>Unfolded and linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> This is one the rarest American poster on the film, which was designed for drive-ins and special displays. Far fewer of this size poster were printed. It was printed on heavier paper stock and over time many were folded. However, this example has remained in its original unfolded state.

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Flip Schulke

Christopher Makos

After Yayoi Kusama

Philippe Halsman

Georgio Olivetti

Michelangelo Papuzza

Paul McCartney

After Keith Haring

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jacques Bonneaud

Jean Mascii

Bob Dylan

Bill Wyman

Franco Fiorenzi

Boris Grinsson, Walt Disney Studios

Roger Kastel