Funny Face 1957 French Grande Film Poster, Boris Grinsson

The beautiful 1957 French Grande Funny Face, by the renowned Boris Grinson.

Funny Face is a 1957 American musical romantic comedy. Directed by Stanley Donen and written by Leonard Gershe, containing assorted songs by George and Ira Gershwin Funny Face stars Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire.  Dispatched on an assignment, New York City-based fashion photographer Dick Avery (Astaire) is struck by the beauty of Jo Stockton (Hepburn), a shy bookstore employee he's photographed by accident, who he believes has the potential to become a successful model. He gets Jo to go with him to France, where he snaps more pictures of her against iconic Parisian backdrops. In the process, they fall for one another, only to find hurdles in their way.

▼France has a long and rich history in poster design that dates back to the mid-19th century.... CLICK TO READ MORE

One of the most influential figures in the development of vintage posters was the French poster artist Jules Chéret. Around 1866, Chéret is credited with producing the first colour lithograph posters, using a technique he refined from the black and white process first invented by German actor and playwright Alois Senefelder in 1798. Cheret's three stone lithographic process allowed artists to achieve every colour in the rainbow using just three stones - usually red, yellow and blue - printed in careful registration.

The Parisian artists, headed by Cheret and including masters Steinlen, Willette, Grasset, Bonnard, Forain and, last but certainly not least, Toulouse-Lautrec's vibrant and eye-catching designs influenced, in part, by Japanese Woodcuts brought a new level of visual appeal to the streets of Paris and, in turn, established the poster as an art form.

The Belle Époque (Beautiful Era), a period of peace and frivolity in France from the late 19th to the early 20th century (1870-1914), played a significant role in the continued advancement of poster design. This era coincided with economic growth and the rise of a new middle class with disposable income and leisure time. It was during this time that the poster craze took hold in France, with posters being used for advertising various products, events, and entertainment.

Over the decades that followed from these auspicious beginnings French poster design continued to flourish and designers from around the world followed suit in experimenting with poster design for advertisements for cultural events, travel, film, food and drink and more.

This vintage movie poster has been professionally linen-backed and is sized 47 1/2 x 63(plus a little more with the linen). It will be sent rolled (unframed).

• Year: 1957
  
• Poster Type: French Grande
  
• Style: -
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• Rolled/Folded/Other: Rolled - Linen-backed
  
• Condition: Excellent
  
• Condition Details: Light aging on folds (as typical with French and Italian) Touch up to folds and background.