THE ART DECO POSTER

Posters by their very nature are ephemeral: crookedly plastered on a roadside billboard, tacked to the back of a tabac, they lasted a few weeks until advertisers issued another imaginative argument for soap or an ocean voyage. While few contemporary observers unde rstood the richness of their design or appreciated the ingenuity of their unsung creators, they are now highly prized. William Crous e, long-time poster aficionado, has selected over 300 of the most sought-after examples of poster art created between the wars to in clude in ...[Read more]