International Poster Gallery

By the mid-1890s, Europe and America had reached the height of the international poster craze. The masterpieces of artists like Cheret, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Mucha transformed commercial advertisements into an esteemed art form worthy of admiration and scholarly pursuit. Along with the decade's wave of poster journals, books, and exhibitions came a serious desire to collect the artworks for personal enjoyment and study...

Published by Ricordi around World War I, this rare commemorative set consisted of 70 small lithographic plates of Ricordi's greatest posters printed between 1895 and 1914. The set was sold commercially in Italy, England, Germany, France and the United States.

World War I posters are highly sought after by many collectors because of their unique qualities. World War I was the first conflict in which the illustrated color lithographic poster was used as a propaganda tool.