Dec 18, 2012 - Sale 2299

Sale 2299 - Lot 125

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
BORIS GRINSSON (1907-2000) LE JOUR OU LA TERRE S'ARRETA . . . 1952.
31 1/2x23 1/4 inches, 80x59 cm. Impressions commerciales et publicitaires, Paris.
Condition A / A-: restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
The Day the Earth Stood Still was released in the United States in 1951 and in France the following year. The image of the robot, Gort, with Patricia Neal in his arms was used on most international variations of this poster. This is from the original French release. Adler p. 3 (var), Beauty and the Beast p. 44, Hershenson 60 p. 15 (var), Manifesti del Cinema 5 (var)