This original vintage poster was created to promote Dutch painter Bram van Velde’s exhibition of works from 1940 to 1980 at Galerie Maeght in Paris, held from 15 October to 21 November 1980. A striking example of late European modernist exhibition design, the poster features an abstract illustration in green and pink hues, reflecting van Velde’s expressive, lyrical style influenced by French Lyrical Abstraction and Expressionism.

Born in Holland in 1895, van Velde overcame a difficult early life to become a significant voice in postwar abstraction.