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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
DESIGNER UNKNOWN BATMAN / "NONSENSE! THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS AS--UHH!" 1966. 39 1/2x27 inches, 100 1/2x68 1/2 cm. Condition B+: minor restoration along repaired tear through image. The American comic strip was an inspiration for the pop-art movement in the 1960s. Apart from the obvious, and ubiquitous work of Roy Lichtenstein, other artists indulged in super-hero based art in their works, such as Mel Ramos and, in Paris, Roman Cieslewicz. In the late 1960s a new type of poster emerged around the world, consisting of decorative ephemera; a by-product of the flower people, peace movement and student protests. This larger-than-life crime fighter would have suffered the same fate as the million other images printed at the time: they disappeared, being thrown away, ripped apart or kept in very poor condition. Paradoxically that now qualifies this image as "rare."
