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The Original 1922 Visseaux poster by Jean D’Ylen is an extraordinary masterpiece of French Art Deco design and a cornerstone piece for any serious vintage poster collection. Created by Jean D’Ylen (1866–1938), one of France’s most celebrated poster artists, this authenticated vintage poster is the first of only three designs d’Ylen created for the Visseaux lightbulb company. This antique poster exemplifies the bold geometry, vibrant color, and elegant simplification that defined the Art Deco movement.
The original 1922 Visseaux poster by Jean D’Ylen stands as a masterwork of Art Deco advertising design. D’Ylen was a modernist visionary whose inventive work elevated commercial advertising to high art. This antique poster exemplifies the bold geometry, vibrant color, and elegant simplification that defined the Art Deco movement. The design is brilliantly conceptualized: a stylized human figure rendered entirely in brilliant yellow forms a perfect X that overlaps the company’s red initial V—a masterstroke of brand integration. The radiating blue background amplifies the luminous quality, transforming a lightbulb advertisement into a meditation on light, energy, and modern life itself.
This is a large-format original poster, measuring an impressive 50.75″ x 78.25″, printed on stone lithograph by the renowned Vercasson studio in Paris. The piece has been expertly conserved and professionally linen-backed to archival standards, remaining in very good condition—a testament to both the original craftsmanship and decades of careful preservation. Every original vintage poster in our gallery carries a Certificate of Authenticity.
We are IVPDA-certified dealers specializing in authenticated vintage posters and rare period pieces. This genuine vintage poster represents a singular moment in design history—when advertising transcended commerce to become timeless art.
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