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Title: Case study - illustration
Author: Taylor, Erin.
In: Prodesign, Oct/Nov 1994; P.26-27
Abstract: Looks at the illustrative elements of the design of posters for the 1994 International Film Festival in Auckland and Wellington, by
Gerad Taylor and Debe Mansfield.
Title: Flying high
Author: Lloyd-Jenkins, Douglas.
In: New Zealand Home and Entertaining, Oct/Nov 2000; 6:47-49
Abstract: Profiles the graphic designer, illustrating his airline posters of the '40s and '50s.
Title: History absorbs Nelson growers
Author: Taylor, Marie.
In: Orchardist of New Zealand, Sep 1991; 64(8):33-34
Abstract: Talks to the orchardists about their collection of old apple
labels and posters from the Nelson area.
Title: Old films never die
Author: Panckhurst, Paul.
In: New Zealand Herald, 26 Apr 1994; 2:2 76cm
Abstract: Discusses the collector's market for old movie posters.
Title: OUTDOOR ADVERTISING FEATURE : Cinderella and ugly sister of
advertising
Author: Graham, Jill.
In: Ad/Media, Oct 1988; P. 31-32
Abstract: Looks at the use of posters and
billboards. Talks to Suzie Blythe (3M), Philip Walker (Transport Publicity) and
Barry Williamson (Saatchi and Saatchi).
Title: Peter Siddell talks to Art New Zealand.
In: Art New Zealand, Win 1987; 43:42-45,87
Abstract: Looks at influences on the work of the painter. Also considers
his methods and the importance of a national identity. Considers relationships
with the Auckland landscape, and composition. Comments on screen printing and posters as media.
Title: Searching for street credibility
Author: : Scott, Eion.
In: Ad/Media, Nov 1995; 10(10):38-39
Abstract: Discusses street posters as an
advertising medium.
Title: Urban wallpaper
Author: Williams, Perry.
In: Loop, Nov/Dec 1999; 1(7):57-61
Abstract: Talks to Jim Wilson of Phantom Billstickers in Christchurch,
features Sticky Fingers in Wellington and talks to Sean Hall, general manager of
SPH in Auckland. Looks at other forms of outdoor advertising, and considers the
future of billboards.
Title: Watch out shoplifters, we're fighting back!
In: Merchant, May 1993; P.7
Abstract: Discusses the use of posters of known
shop thieves by the Merchants Assn and the police.
Barewalls.com
http://www.barewalls.com
Excellent range of poster images, categorised by genre, theme and artist.
Commercial.
Buy Posters Online.
http://www.buy-posters-online.com/
Huge range of images of all subject areas including the fine arts. Commercial./p>
Follow the Sun.
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/sun/
Presents a range of Australian travel posters from the 1930’s to the
1950’s.
Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/wpahome.html
The collection consists of 907 boldly coloured and graphically diverse
original posters produced from 1936 to 1943 as part of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt's New Deal.
Sixties Project
http://lists.village.virginia.edu/sixties/HTML_docs/Exhibits/Track16.html
Part of the Sixties Project. An excellent virtual collection of
political protest posters from the United States, Cuba and Viet Nam, 1965-1975.
Timeframes
http://timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz/
National Library’s website, Timeframes, is a searchable database of visual
images. It includes New Zealand posters covering a variety of subjects.
Vintage posters
http://www.vintage-posters.com
Excellent range of visual images, categorised in periods. Historic, from
Cheret to computer-produced. Commercial.
Wet Canvas
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Museum/Posters/index.html
An ongoing exhibition dedicated to the rich heritage of poster art.
Presents the history of the poster, and exhibits the work of some major
contributors to this art form.
Title: Cassandre
Author: Mouron, Henri
Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1985.
Note: A designer of posters, and inventor of typefaces, Cassandre, was
one of the greatest European commercial artists of last century.
Title: French opera posters, 1868-1930
Author: Broido, Lucy.
Publisher: New York : Dover Publications, 1976.
Title: Happy holidays : the golden age of railway posters/ introduced by Michael Palin
Publisher: London : Pavilion, 1987.
Title: Heckling Hitler : caricatures of the Third Reich.
Author: Zeman, Z.A.B.
Publisher: London : Orbis, 1984.
Title: Images of an era : the American poster, 1945-75
Publisher: Washington : National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian
Institution.
Title: Images of war : British posters, 1939-45.
Author: Cantwell, John Davis.
Publisher: London : H.M.S.O., 1989.
Title: Instant litter : concert posters from Seattle punk culture
Author: compiled by Art Chantry
Publisher: Real Comet Press, 1985.
Title: The modern poster
Author:. Wrede, Stuart.
Publisher: New York : Museum of Modern Art ; Boston : Distributed by New
York Graphic Society Books, c1988.
Title: National poster exhibition of the Republic of China, 1980-1985.
Publisher: Tai Zhong Shi, Taiwan : Shen Ken Chaung, [1985].
Title: The New Zealand poster book, 1830-1940.
Author: Ellis, Ellen.
Publisher: Wellington [N.Z.] : Reed, [1977].
Title: Off the wall : Hockney posters.
Author: Hockney, David.
Publisher: London : Pavilion, 1994.
Title: The Palette and the flame :
posters of the Spanish Civil War
Author: edited by John Tisa
Publisher: New York : International Publishers, c1979.
Title: Paste up: a century of New Zealand poster art.
Author: Thompson, Hamish.
Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand: Godwit, 2003
Title: Political graphics : art as a weapon
Author: Philippe, Robert.
Publisher: Oxford : Phaidon, 1982.
Title: Poster art.
Publisher: Rockport, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, c1996.
Title: Posters American style.
Author: Heyman, Therese Thau.
Publisher: New York : National Museum of American, Smithsonian
Institution in association with H. N. Abrams, c1998.
Title: Posters by members of the Alliance graphique internationale,
1960-1985
Author: edited by Rudolph de Harak
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Rizzoli International, 1986.
Title: Posters of Protest and Revolution
Author: Selected and reviewed by Maurice Rickards
Publisher: Bath, Somerset : Adams & Dart 1970.
Title: Posters of the WPA
Author: DeNoon, Christopher.
Publisher: Los Angeles : Wheatley Press, in association with the
University of Washington Press, Seattle, c1987.
Title: The Power of the poster
Author: edited by Margaret Timmers
Publisher: V&A Publications, 1998.
Note: "This book and the accompanying exhibition re-examine the
nature of the poster, and the special qualities that have enabled it ... "
from the Introduction.
Title: Soviet advertising poster, 1917-1932 : commercial advertisements,
entertainment advertisements
Publisher: Moskva : Sov. khudozhnik, 1972.
Title: The 20th-century poster : design of the avant-garde
Author: Dawn Ades with contributions by Robert Brown
Publisher: New York : Abbeville Press, 1984.
Title: Underground Art : London Transport posters, 1908 to the present.
Author: Green, Oliver.
Publisher: London : Studio Vista, 1990.
Title: Underground graphics
Author: Graham, Keen.
Publisher: London, Academy Editions, 1970.
Title: What did you do in the war, Daddy? : a visual history of
propaganda posters / a selection from the Australian War Memorial; introduction
by Peter Stanley.
Author: Australian War Memorial.
Publisher: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1983.
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