My Poster Collecting Blog

[DarvishJo]

Thanks for looking Jeff!

[erik1925]

Sure thing!

Will you have that poster conserved or backed at some point? Or just leave it as is?

[DarvishJo]

This is an entry I did in 2012 about a poster for a film by my favorite Egyptian director, Mohamed Khan:

http://www.mopopoc.com/2012/10/dreams-of-hind-and-camilia-ahlam-hind.html

[DarvishJo]

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/04/the-file-on-thelma-jordon-1950-barbara.html

[DarvishJo]

Jeff, 

I ran out of space on my walls a long time ago for displaying film posters and I have so many linen-backed posters standing on their ends in rolls, I have trouble finding them now.  My preferred method for preserving a poster like this one would be archival encapsulation with deacidified paper kept flat in a drawer in an open mylar sleeve, with no restoration since it still looks good enough for display.  This is what MOMA does.   However I don't have enough room for those big drawers in their cabinets, so for the foreseeable future I'll just be leaving it as it is folded in a plastic envelope in a file cabinet.    When I want to admire it I'll look at the digital file instead of pulling the poster.  I have over 14000 posters in my little three-bedroom house.  This is how it goes. 

John

[erik1925]

Jeff, 

I ran out of space on my walls a long time ago for displaying film posters and I have so many linen-backed posters standing on their ends in rolls, I have trouble finding them now.  My preferred method for preserving a poster like this one would be archival encapsulation with deacidified paper kept flat in a drawer in an open mylar sleeve, with no restoration since it still looks good enough for display.  This is what MOMA does.   However I don't have enough room for those big drawers in their cabinets, so for the foreseeable future I'll just be leaving it as it is folded in a plastic envelope in a file cabinet.    When I want to admire it I'll look at the digital file instead of pulling the poster.  I have over 14000 posters in my little three-bedroom house.  This is how it goes. 

John

Acid free paper and kept flat or folded is certainly a way to go, also, John. Especially when you say you have not only run out of wall space but have that many posters in your personal collection. 14,000... wow!   

I am also of the opinion that conservation and backing-wise, that less is more. In other words, to not cover over and obliterate the life a poster has led to now, but only use it to stabilize, and help it to live another 100 years. I also think it looks very fine as is, and the digital viewing method allows for that without further potential damage.

Thanks again for the insight and info. Keep on truckin' as they say.

 

[DarvishJo]

I am also of the opinion that conservation and backing-wise, that less is more. In other words, to not cover over and obliterate the life a poster has led to now, but only use it to stabilize, and help it to live another 100 years. I also think it looks very fine as is, and the digital viewing method allows for that without further potential damage.

Another aspect of this is if I were interested in displaying a poster for The Fighting Lady I'd prefer the US one-sheet to this Argentine one.  It just think it looks cleaner and brighter, but I don't have one.

[erik1925]

Another aspect of this is if I were interested in displaying a poster for The Fighting Lady I'd prefer the US one-sheet to this Argentine one.  It just think it looks cleaner and brighter, but I don't have one.

At the end of the day, it's all about what catches one's eye the most.

[DarvishJo]

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/04/the-final-countdown-1980-kirk-douglas.html

[DarvishJo]

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/04/finger-of-guilt-1956-richard-baseheart.html

[Mirosae]

Thanks. Good reading here. "The final countdown" is an interesting film.

Have you watched all the films published on your blog?

[DarvishJo]

Yes Rosa!  That's one of my main motivations for doing this
 

[DarvishJo]

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/04/hamido-1953-farid-shawqi-egyptian-film.html

[monocle]

'I have over 14000 posters in my little three-bedroom house.  This is how it goes'.  

14000. Good grief! My little house doesn't have that many cubic centilitres of air.

[DarvishJo]

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/carnosaur-2-1995-john-savage-egyptian.html

[DarvishJo]

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/the-girl-from-paris-taheya-cariocca.html

[DarvishJo]

This is an Egyptian farcical take on Mary Shelley: 

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/shame-on-you-ismail-yasseen-1954.html

[erik1925]

This is an Egyptian farcical take on Mary Shelley: 

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/shame-on-you-ismail-yasseen-1954.html

Really interesting write up, story line/variation and poster there, especially, John. Is this stone lithography? It looks like it could be (and if not, it certainly has the texture and look of work done in that method-looking at the monster's coat, his hands, etc).

[DarvishJo]

Really interesting write up, story line/variation and poster there, especially, John. Is this stone lithography? It looks like it could be (and if not, it certainly has the texture and look of work done in that method-looking at the monster's coat, his hands, etc).

Thanks Jeff.  Yes, this is a stone litho.  I wish I could share the way the paper sounds and feels when you handle it, because I like that a lot too

[erik1925]

Since it is a stone litho work, then I also know it pretty well (the look, texture and feel), as I have a number from the '20s and '30s that were done in this way.

Stone litho work and its subtle way of creating shading and texture can truly be a sight to behold.

Really great, there, John. And I like that even in the mid 1950's, Egypt was still utilizing this technique, when offset printing had so much become more the standard printing method elsewhere, by then.

[DarvishJo]

Since it is a stone litho work, then I also know it pretty well (the look, texture and feel), as I have a number from the '20s and '30s that were done in this way.

Stone litho work and its subtle way of creating shading and texture can truly be a sight to behold.

Really great, there, John. And I like that even in the mid 1950's, Egypt was still utilizing this technique, when offset printing had so much become more the standard printing method elsewhere, by then.

The reason for this, as you probably know, is that print shops in egypt could not afford to buy the newer presses.  

[erik1925]

The reason for this, as you probably know, is that print shops in egypt could not afford to buy the newer presses.  

I didnt know this. Fascinating. And considering what it takes to do stone litho printing, it was maybe a good thing that they didnt have the funds-- as I much prefer this printing style to offset and the artistry it can take to produce the imagery.

Thanks for that added piece of info, John.

[DarvishJo]

A classic egyptian melodrama about family conflicts over a child's choice of a marriage partner:

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/show-me-way-people-doria-ahmed-1955.html

[DarvishJo]

An oversize egyptian stone litho in superb condition:

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/the-unknown-singer-mohammed-al-kahlawi.html

[erik1925]

An oversize egyptian stone litho in superb condition:

http://www.mopopoc.com/2015/05/the-unknown-singer-mohammed-al-kahlawi.html

And the colors certainly pop on this poster, too, John.