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Madonna Celebration by Mr Brainwash

Screen print (2012). Hand torn deckled edge archival art paper. Limited of 100.

Mr. Brainwash released “Celebration” for sale in 2012. In 2009, Madonna chose this image for the cover of her vinyl single, “Celebration”.  This is a one-color screen print, hand-finished with spray paint and printed on hand torn deckled edge archival art paper. The print is signed, numbered and thumb printed by the artist.

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NYC Manhattan iPhone by Apple Poster on white stock (1969). Original poster for the announcement of the opening of the Apple Store in NYC. This is a  9x7 grid of iPhone screens, each de picting a portion of Manhattan, with the Apple store locations highlighted on three screens

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Le Rire Newspaper by Henri Lautrec Ligograph on newsprint (1895). Each page individually framed. Published as an illustrated satirical weekly from October 1894 to well into the 1950's, Le Rire  published in France during the "Belle Epoque." It's most famous and important contributor was Toulouse-Lautrec, who did ten remarkable coloured drawings plus seven in black and white, during the first three years of publication, creating some of the most beautiful and memorable drawings ever produced for the publication. Each of the 10 pages are framed in this set.

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Perrier by Andy Warhol Grano-Silkscreen (1983). Signed. Warhol maintained that he “was always a commercial artist”. This screenprint of the French mineral water Perrier was created for an advertising campaign in 1983. This design was awarded the Grand Prize of the French Poster in 1983.

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Pepsi Please by Andy Warhol Grano-Silkscreen (1986). Signed. It was during the 1960s that Warhol switched to silkscreen prints which he produced serially to make art of mass-produced items and to mass produce the art itself. By minimizing the role of his own hand in the production of his work and declaring that he wanted to be "a machine", Warhol sparked a revolution in art. His subjects were instantly recognizable and often had a mass appeal This aspect interested him most, and it unifies his paintings from this period. Take, for example Warhol's comments on the appeal of Coke.

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P.A.R.I.S. by Floc’h Silkscreen print (1996). Signed and numbered of 240. Floc'h, born in 1953, is a major artist in illustration and comics. It is one of the main proponents of the clear line alongside Yves Chaland, Ted Benoit, Joost Swarte. This image gives tribute to the great Parisian couturiers: Courreges, Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne, Cardin and Chanel.

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Paris Brule-t-il? by Bernard Villemot Original poster. Serigraph is produced on cotton rag paper.(1966). Villemot drew advertising that became became staples of french ads, and was asked to create the film poster for  Paris brûle-t-il? - a 1966 film directed by René Clément, starring an ensemble cast, about the 1944 liberation of Paris by the French Resistance and the Free French Forces during World War II.

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Mouin Rouge by René Gruau Photo offset | Backed on linen (1965) Rene Gruau was an Italian poster artist who became a leading fashion illustrator in the Fifties and Sixties in Paris.This image represents one of the most iconic images of vintage poster history.

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Cachou Lajaunie by Leonetto Cappiello Lithograph. Backed on linen (1920). This advertisement for breath mints is one of Cappiello's most playful images. A fashionable young woman enjoys a smoke and prepares to chase it with a mint from the famous yellow tin (the product has survived for a century). But the image is truly made memorable by the woman's fantastic dress of yellow, red and green petals, which is set off against a deep forest-green background. It is a wonderful example of Cappiello's unparalleled ability to capture our attention with an unforgettable image

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Quelle Nuit Showgirl French Cabaret by René Gruau Screen print. (1964). René Gruau’s illustrations were a favorite of the haute couture world and during his life-long career he collaborated with fashion houses such as Givenchy, Balenciaga, Lanvin, Schiaperelli and Dior. His advertising campaigns for Moulin Rouge and Lido de Paris utilised an old-world aesthetic, celebrating the traditional poster-art graphics of Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard and the pre-1900 Parisian artists.

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Au Pieds de l'Echafaud by Henri Le Truc Screen print in original framing (1966). Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec had a very large body of work which included 363 illustrations and posters that solidly lamented him as one of France's most active and loved artists. Produced for a serialized fiction story (forefather to our comics section in the newspapers), “Au Pied de l'Echafaud” follows the memoirs of Abbe Faure who ministered to the condemned on their way to the guillotine.

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Phil Perfect au Palais Royal by Serge Clerc Color passages serigraph on 140g steinbach paper (1995). Signed and numbered of 150. From the Detective Phil Perfect comic books, this blown up frame is silkscreened on velum, capturing the definitive free-hand illustration of the famed French comic book artis

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Nestor Burma dans le 12e Arrondissement de Paris by Jacques TardiColor passages serigraph on 140g steinbach paper (2000). Signed and numbered of 50. Graphic novel adaptations of the New Mysteries of Paris novels by Léo Malet created private detective Nestor Burma. Author Léo Malet never completed the series, but Tardi adapted his detective hero Nestor Burma into a series of critically acclaimed graphic novels, and also wrote and drew original stories of his own.

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Nestor Burma dans le 10e Arrondissement de Paris by Jacques Tardi Color passages serigraph on 140g steinbach paper (2000). Signed and numbered of 50. Graphic novel adaptations of the New Mysteries of Paris novels by Léo Malet created private detective Nestor Burma. Author Léo Malet never completed the series, but Tardi adapted his detective hero Nestor Burma into a series of critically acclaimed graphic novels, and also wrote and drew original stories of his own.

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Nestor Burma dans le 20e Arrondissement de Paris by Jacques Tardi Color passages serigraph on 140g steinbach paper (2000). Signed and numbered of 50. Graphic novel adaptations of the New Mysteries of Paris novels by Léo Malet created private detective Nestor Burma. Author Léo Malet never completed the series, but Tardi adapted his detective hero Nestor Burma into a series of critically acclaimed graphic novels, and also wrote and drew original stories of his own

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Nestor Burma dans le 14e Arrondissement de Paris by Jacques Tardi Color passages serigraph on 140g steinbach paper (2000). Signed and numbered of 50. Graphic novel adaptations of the New Mysteries of Paris novels by Léo Malet created private detective Nestor Burma. Author Léo Malet never completed the series, but Tardi adapted his detective hero Nestor Burma into a series of critically acclaimed graphic novels, and also wrote and drew original stories of his own.

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Gai-Luron by Gotlib 13 colour passages serigraph on 140g steinbach paper (1997). Signed out of 200. Gai-Luron is a past master in the art of making people laugh : tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor...or even not at all. Previously unpublished image taken from the Gai-Luron comicbook universe.