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Home > Posters > BLOOD AND SAND (1922) - French Grande Poster
BLOOD AND SAND (1922) - French Grande Poster
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Item Number: P-BLOODSAND-FRE
Artist/Photographer: Florit
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Vintage original 47 x 63 in. (119.4 x 160 cm.) French grande poster, stone lithograph, artwork by Florit, linen-backed, very fine condition.
The classic silent film drama Blood and Sand was released in 1922 by Paramount Pictures and stars the legendary Rudolph Valentino. The superb stone lithograph artwork on this original release French poster features a beautiful likeness of Valentino in an oval vignette at the top left which has been perfectly rendered by the artist Florit. The artwork is dominated by a vividly-colored bullfighting scene depicting Juan Gallardo (Valentino), his back to the viewer, as he points his sword at the bull just a few feet from him. The surrounding arena is filled with excited spectators and a cloud-filled sky is shown above the arena. The lower portion of the poster features beautiful Spanish-themed images including a bullfighter's sword, a cigar, an orange, several roses and a delicate ladies' fan with a vignette of yet another bullfighting image within it. Florit's signature appears in the lower left portion of the arena. Florit was one of the more important poster artists in France at the time and his work is highly praised. This is one of only two or three known examples of this poster which came from a private collection in France. This vintage orginal French grande poster has been professionally linen-backed and is in spectacular condition with only light expert restoration on portions of the top horizontal fold which are almost undetectable.
Blood and Sand; Paramount Pictures; 1922; dir: Fred Niblo; based upon the famous novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez; cast: Rudolph Valentino, Nita Naldi, Lila Lee; Walter Long, Fred Becker, George Field, Rosa Rosanova.
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