Description
Original Herre på skutan (The Sea Master) Swedish Silent Film Poster, 1920, starring William Russell, Svenska Filmskompaniet
Description: Original Swedish film poster for Herre på skutan (The Sea Master), starring William Russell and distributed in Sweden by Svenska Filmskompaniet, Stockholm, following the film’s original 1917 U.S. production and 1920 Swedish release. Produced during the silent film era, a period from which comparatively few posters survive due to their ephemeral use and low survival rate. The composition presents a stylized maritime figure rendered in bold, simplified forms with strong contouring and restrained color accents, reflecting the emerging graphic modernism of early 20th-century poster design. Printed using period lithographic processes typical of Swedish production, the poster demonstrates the durable paper stock and refined printing quality associated with Scandinavian cinema materials of the period. Professionally linen-backed and in very good condition, with visible wear along the lower portion of the figure’s trouser leg and evidence of prior fold lines, now stabilized through archival restoration. Printer not identified.
Price Tier: Tier B
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