Here's the story from the collector himself.. Mike Kaplan...
I’ve long been dedicated to vintage movie posters being recognized as a genuine art form and not just a sidebar of popular culture. The foundation of my collection is based on exceptional design,
whether the best image for a film was created in America or abroad, whether the film is a classic or unknown. Over the past 35 years, I often realized that the choices made were to one day have them eventually acknowledged as the art they are by a major museum, which would expose them to a wide audience and validate my passion.
whether the best image for a film was created in America or abroad, whether the film is a classic or unknown. Over the past 35 years, I often realized that the choices made were to one day have them eventually acknowledged as the art they are by a major museum, which would expose them to a wide audience and validate my passion.
That dream has now been realized with the acquisition by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, one of the world’s great museums, of 880 posters from the collection. The catalyst for this unprecedented
acquisition was Ralph DeLuca, who initiated and is co-chair of LACMA’s Graphic Design Initiative. Ralph has become a prominent art dealer but I’m convinced his first love is the movie poster and his belief in their
artistic and cultural importance made this significant development happen.
acquisition was Ralph DeLuca, who initiated and is co-chair of LACMA’s Graphic Design Initiative. Ralph has become a prominent art dealer but I’m convinced his first love is the movie poster and his belief in their
artistic and cultural importance made this significant development happen.
The announcement was confirmed by LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg director Michael Govan at LACMA’s annual Collectors Committee gala, where 12 unique examples of movie poster art were displayed to an overwhelming response in a presentation by Prints and Drawings Curator Britt Salveson. Though I had lived with many of these 12 pieces for years, I was truly in awe seeing them together and arranged with such care and attention.
Previous exhibits from the collection have been held at a variety of venues, from Lincoln Center to the TCM Classic Film Festval, from Jacob’s Pillow to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The first of an intended series of books, GOTTA DANCE: The Art of the Dance Movie Poster, was published in 2014.
Below is the announcement of the acquisition by LACMA and visuals of the installation:
(L-R: ORPHANS OF THE STORM: RED HEADED WOMAN; THE BIG IDEA (3 Stooges by Hirschfeld), UNDERWORLD (Germany); TRADER HORN; CASABLANCA (France) ; WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?; BORDERTOWN; DAWN PATROL; MOON OVER MIAMI; STAGECOACH; LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST).
http://www.lacma.org/sites/default/files/2016-Collectors-Committee-Press-Release-4.17.16.pdf
More coverage of the collection and acquisition...
https://unframed.lacma.org/2016/04/26/new-acquisition-mike-kaplan-poster-collection
article on Kaplan and book of dance posters from his collection...
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/movie-poster-of-the-week-youll-never-get-rich-and-the-art-of-the-dance-movie-poster
These two poster images below not part of this acquisition.. just an aside...
One of my all-time favorite film posters is the release poster for the 1979 film "The Black Stallion"...
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