databases :

- Internet Movie Database : excellent site covering over 140,000 film titles, searchable any which way : http://us.imdb.com/ , http://us.imdb.com/search and http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Countries/. Peculiar transliteration of some Cyrillic (Russian, Bulgarian, Serb) names / titles makes certain searches hard to perform.

- Database page of the PWSTiF Lodz Film School web site : http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp

- Database of recorded prices for all kinds of film posters, including Polish : http://www.posterprice.com : if you're not a member, only 3 searches daily are allowed.

 

collections, institutions & directories :

 

- Muzeum Plakatu w Wilanowie (Wilanow Poster Museum) : http://varsovie.hypatie.com : founded 4.VI 1968, making it the oldest in the World. An outstanding collection of posters, beautifully set in a park pavillon next to the baroque Jan III Sobieski' royal palace just outside Warsaw. Now with a long-overdue new look for their web site that is still partly under construction.

- National Museum in Poznan : http://www.mnp.art.pl/galerie/plakat/index_a.html : frequent poster exhibits and a nice collection; well worth the visit in person, but not much online.

- Muzeum Kinematografii w Lodzi : http://www.kinomuzeum.pl : nothing online but a must-see if you're in Hollylodz, if only for the its location that doubled as one of film sets in Wajda's "Ziemia obiecana".

- Rene Wanner's Poster Page : http://www.posterpage.ch : superb private collector's site; well-written and informed, with good links to events & exhibits.

- Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles : extensive collection of Polish posters with Western theme. Unfortunately, not many trickled down to their Web page : http://www.autry-museum.org or go straight to archive : http://www.autrynationalcenter.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=ks (keyword : Polish)

- Wilson Connecticut State University / CIAA : http://wilson.ctstateu.edu/lib/archives/polish/posters/posters.html : a small collection of largely 70s and later posters.

- MCW Movie Collector's Directory : http://www.mcwonline.com : list of links, other info and publications for collectors and poster dealers.

- Lahti Poster Museum : http://www.lahti.fi/Kulttuuri/museot/poster.html : surprisingly poor Web gallery.

- Ogaki Poster Museum : http://www3.famille.ne.jp/~poster-m/index2.html

- R.I.T. Wallace Library Polish Poster Collection  : http://wally.isc.rit.edu/special/PolishPoster.htm : about 450 posters in the museum collection.

- not online : Polish Poster Foundation, Warsaw, ul. St. Kostki Potockiego 10/16, tel./fax +48 22 858 24 37, +48 22 842 26 06, e-mail : biennale@mnw.art.pl

 

commercial sites (for what it's worth, better web sites with good selection, many photos and/or good prices - are indicated with an *) :

 

- Antiquaariat Rene Krul (Amsterdam) : http://www.nvva.nl/renekrul : about 100 newer film posters.

* The Art of Poster (Chicago) : Polish posters dealer : http://www.theartofposter.com : quite a few excellent & rare works on display. Must contact them for prices.

- "At the Movies" Internet store from UK : http://www.atthemoviesltd.com/32/index.html : at last check, about 15 pricey pieces from 50s to the 80s

- Blind (formerly : Aspen) Moon Grafika online : http://blindmoon.com/ : mostly 70s and later posters, reasonably priced. Misspellings aplenty.

* Chisholm Larsson Gallery (NY): http://www.chisholm-poster.com/ : excellent collection of many better works, mid- to high prices. Be cautious of name & title mistakes.

- CineImages (Paris) : http://www.cine-images.com : 80+ titles, mostly 70s in the E 100-200+ range, peppered with some nice rarities.

- http://www.cinematic.de : a site in Germany with mostly 80s and 90s.

- Dominique Besson Affiches : http://www.dominiquebesson.com Meyrargues, France; tiny selection of medium priced, high end Polish posters.

- http://www.filmartgallery.com - 20+ posters, mostly 70s.

- http://www.filmposters.com - few, recent and expensive.

- http://www.filmposter.net/home.html : search this Berlin site for occasional cheap 70s.

- Flashbacks Gallery in London : http://www.dacre.org - hard to search site with occasional bargains.

- Galeria Grafiki i Plakatu, Warsaw : http://www.galeriagrafikiiplakatu.pl - a few posters lost between paintings and artists prints.

* Galeria Plakatu Krakow : http://www.postergallery.art.pl : from Krzysztof Dydo, a well-known collector; mostly later works.

- Galeria Plakatu Warsaw : http://www.poster.com.pl : 80s and 90s here, with a few 60s thrown in. Low prices for newer pieces.

- Greg Edwards' store in Greenwich, UK : http://www.rarefilmposters.com - about 50 posters from 40s to 80s.

* Intemporel Gallery in Paris : http://www.choko.net : 100+ vintage works, inexpensive.

* KinoArt : http://www.kinoart.net - a new site in Germany, good selection of 450+ mid-priced posters, some classics but mostly recent.

- Movie Poster page : http://www.musicman.com : some low-priced 70s pieces.

- http://www.movieart.ch : in Zurich. +- 150 pieces, mostly mid- to high-priced 70s, with a few semi-classic bargains hidden amongst.

* MPA Gallery in NY : http://www.mpagallery.com : 50+ choice classic posters at very reasonable prices.

* MR Polish Posters (Santa Fe): http://www.mrposter.com : great many examples, heavy towards several artists (Cieslewicz, Swierzy, Starowieyski & Flisak) with good pix, but a lot of misspellings and surprisingly bad dating, particularily of the earlier (pre-70s) pieces. High prices for hard-to-find top posters.

- The Nostalgia Factory in Boston : http://www.nostalgia.com : beware of Polish versions of 90s Hollywood ads for movies, amid which some real (designer) posters hide. If it's past 1989 and $ 10-20, forget it.

- Philip Williams Posters : http://www.postermuseum.com : in Tribeca. A huge gallery with incredible selection of all things poster, including sizable Polish collection. Their web site is being completely overhauled, but for now shows very little.

- Pigasus Gallery in Berlin : http://www.pigasus-gallery.de : about 50 newer works.

- http://www.polish-poster.com : Sadowski's posters + smattering of few others

* Polish Posters Shop : http://www.polishposter.com - good selection and rock-bottom prices if searching for 80s and 90s - a discount warehouse approach (yes, they got a "basket" and "product list"), but look hard for some bargain 50s and 60s.

- Poster Fair : http://www.posterfair.com/ : an omnibus page with many dealers of vintage posters. Of these, Poster America has occasional finds.

* Posteritati Online Movie Posters : http://www.posteritati.com : database with over 1000 Polish film posters available for sale, 40s to 80s. The usual suspects litany of misspelled titles & names and wrong dates. Nevertheless, a terrific selection. Located in SoHo.

- Posterman gallery in L.A. : http://www.postermandan.com - occasional finds in a badly designed, hard-to-search site.

* The Reel Poster Gallery in London W2, original vintage posters : http://www.reel-poster.com : some great (and expensive) rarities, around 100 works in their database.

- not online : Eastern European Art Co., ph.970-963-8789, email : Polishposters@aol.com

 

commercial sites (typical US "movie poster" shops with some occassional finds) :

 

- Bruce Hesherson's Movie Posters : http://www.emovieposter.com : does most selling in no-reserve monthly batches of about a 100 posters, some of them Polish.

- http://www.movieposterbiz.com : 30 to 50 overpriced works at last check.

- Weidman Gallery in L.A. : http://www.weidmangallery.com : some Polish titles lost in the mix.

 

artists' Web sites :

 

- Danuta Baginska-Andrejew : http://www.andreev.nl (in Dutch)

- Hanna Bakula : http://www.hanna.bakula.pl (in Polish)

- Antoni Chodorowski memory site : http://antoni.chodorowski.net (in Polish)

- Stasys Eidrigevicius : http://eidrigevicius.com in English)

- Mieczyslaw Gorowski : http://www.gorowski.prv.pl (in Polish)

- Cyprian Koscielniak : http://www.cypriankoscielniak.com (in English)

- Andrzej Krajewski : http://www.dekrayewski.com (in English)

- Piotr Kunce : http://www.arforum.pl/piotr_kunce (in Polish)

- Andrzej Mleczko : http://www.mleczko.pl (in Polish)

- Jan Niksinski : http://www.niksinski.com (PL/D/GB)

- Rafal Olbinski : http://www.patinae.com/olbinski.htm (in English)

- Wieslaw Rosocha : http://www.rosocha.pl (GB/CHI/J)

- Jan Sawka : http://www.jansawka.com (in English)

- Wojciec Siudmak : http://www.siudmak.fr (GB/F/PL)

- Wieslaw Walkuski : http://www.walkuski.link2.pl (in Polish)

- Zbigniew Warpechowski : http://www.warpechowski.sandomierz.net (PL/GB)

 

auctions & classifieds :

 

- Sotheby's auctions :  http://www.sothebys.com  : hard to navigate, must call them for catalogs of past auctions if to be of any use.

- Christie's auctions :  http://www.christies.com  :  rather confusing site but provides auction results by individual titles instead of anonymous lot # s.

- Bonhams : an UK- based auction site : http://www.bonhams.com

- Poster Auctions Int'l : http://www.posterauction.com

- Poster connection : vintage posters at auction and through online gallery : http://www.posterconnection.com/ + Auction Room : Vintage posters (info on upcoming auctions) : http://www.posterconnection.com/auctions.htm

- Allegro : Polish aution site with some vintage (read : pre-1995) posters usually sold online by several dealers. Prices in zloty (PLN) so check your exchange rate & go straight to the "stare plakaty" ('old posters') category : http://allegro.pl/26107_stare_plakaty.html

- Ebay : A hacker-prone, hard to navigate site designed by salesmen. Occasional finds, though :

category : Art : Posters : http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category559/index.html

category : Memorabilia : Movie : Posters : Non US : http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category1420/index.html

category : Memorabilia : Movie : Posters : General : http://listings.ebay.com/aw/listings/list/category1419/index.html

- Amazon & Z-shop : http://www.amazon.com - a better-designed site with fast searches, hit or miss proposition.

 

articles :

 

- "The Polish Poster" by Danuta Boczar, 'Art Journal' 44 (1984), 16-27. Illustrated brief history of Polish poster.

- "Polish Poster and Western Films" by Frank Fox : http://members.aol.com/katynphoto/AUTRYESS.html

- "Post No Bills" by Anna Husarska, 'The New Yorker' 69 (1-10-94), 62-65.

- US News : http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/poster.htm

- Warsaw Voice : http://www.warsawvoice.com.pl/Pl-win/v438/Buzz07.html

- "Polish Posters - Fight on Paper" : http://www.zwoje.com/zwoje28/text01.htm by Frank Fox,"Zwoje" (3/28/2001), in Polish.

- "American Films in Polish Posters" : http://www.artscope.net/VAREVIEWS/PosterPolish-I-0402.shtml

- interesting insights on the nitty gritty of Polish poster design in late 60s by Zuzanna Lipinska : http://www.uow.edu.au/~morgan/zuzanna.htm

 

newsgroups & Usenet :

 

- MoPo mailing list; go to : http://www.filmfan.com and follow instructions. Daily emails from dealers buying or selling (mostly) US posters.

 

bibliography :

 

- "Contemporary Polish Posters in Full Color" by Joseph S.Czestochowski, NY Dover Publ.,1979. 46 color plates + some biographies.

- "Katalog polskich plakatow filmowych", Filmoteka Narodowa, Warsaw, yearly : 1972-89.

- "Jan Mlodozeniec" edited by Andrzej Stroka; Armarium, Warsaw (6-2000); with texts by Zdzislaw Schubert and a curriclum vitae by Jan Mlodozeniec; 160 pages, about 130 color illustrations, many full page; 25 x 32 cm; hardcover; ISBN 83-913481-1-3; in Polish and English.

- "Muzeum ulicy" by the Poster Museum in Wilanow, Warsaw,1996. Over 300 illustrations, essays and biographies.

- "Polish Graphic Arts and Posters" by Ksawery Piwocki, Warsaw,1966.

- "Polski plakat filmowy" by Krzysztof Dydo, Krakow,1996. In Polish and English. History, essays, 800+ color illustrations and comprehensive bibliography.

Also by Mr Dydo : "Mistrzowie polskiej sztuki plakatu", Bielsko-Biala, Buffi,1995 & "100 lat polskiej sztuki plakatu", Krakow BWA,1993. Both in English and Polish, with substantial sections on film posters, essays, biographies, etc.

- "Plakatkunst in Polen" , Das Landesmuseum Meinz, 1975.

- "Polish Posters" by Frank Fox : in "Posters : Identification and Price Guide" by Tony Fusco, 2nd ed. NY, Avon Books,1994. Also in "The Poster : A Worldwide Survey and History" by Alain Weill, Boston, G.K.Hall,1985.

- "Polish Posters : Combat on Paper, 1960-90" by Frank Fox, Katonah Museum, NY State, 1996.

- "Polski plakat filmowy" by Tadeusz Kowalski, Filmowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warsaw,1957.

- "Western amerykanski" by Kevin Mulroy, Autry Museum of Western Heritage, LA,1999. Essays and 159 illustrations on Polish posters with Western theme.

 

Polish films in the US :

 

- The Society for Arts : http://societyforarts.com - 19th Annual Polish Film Festival in Chicago, November 8-23, 2008

- Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles : http://www.polishfilmLA.org - 9th edition, 4-24 to 5-1, 2008

 

for something completely different : http://www.v-lo.krakow.pl/~amie/eng/mainang.htm

even more different : http://www.cybertycz.4net.pl/2i.htm

http://www.exile.ru/archive/by_author/gary_brecher.html

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