Mid-century Moderncat: Marchal Advertising Poster by Jean Colin

Thu, Sep 6, 2012

Mid-century Moderncat

This dapper dude driving a speedster was created by French graphic artist Jean Colin as part of a 1950s advertising campaign for auto equipment company Marchal. There’s an original poster available now on 1stdibs.com, but don’t faint when you see the price ($7,200!) Maybe you’ll come across one in a thrift store someday.

Thanks to Peter for the find.

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    8 Responses to “Mid-century Moderncat: Marchal Advertising Poster by Jean Colin”

    1. 1
      Mark E
      September 6th, 2012 at 7:45 am

      I used to prefer Marchal driving lights over Cibie just because of the cat! The have, or had, anyway, a cat on the lens!

      http://dsl.torque.net/images/Marchal950.jpg

    2. 2
      Eald
      September 6th, 2012 at 9:58 am

      What a great poster, I love the grin!!!

    3. 3
      jmuhj
      September 6th, 2012 at 11:41 am

      The ultimate in cool! Love it.

    4. 4
      Texas, a cat in New York
      September 6th, 2012 at 3:56 pm

      That would decorate the home nicely.
      (My human screamed when she saw the price and explained: why did I throw away my old posters?)
      Purrs

    5. 5
      DeKa
      September 7th, 2012 at 9:50 am

      Too much!

    6. 6
      sox fan 12
      September 7th, 2012 at 2:26 pm

      Daniel & his friends would really like a bunch of these…

    7. 7
      Derrick
      September 13th, 2012 at 6:55 pm

      i need some of these even though I have cibies on the miata!

    8. 8
      Steve Hill
      September 29th, 2012 at 2:29 pm

      Jean Colin produed some very free wash drawn posters but I cannot seem to find any – They are real beuts


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