Plan59, the Museum (and Gift Shop) of Mid-Century Illustration, Announces an Expanded Selection of 1950s Automotive and Pop-Culture Prints

Struck on French mould-made art paper, Plan59's large-format fine-art prints (up to 4 feet by 7 feet) from the tailfin era are the ideal present for the car collector, pop-culture fan or sensitive, beret-wearing aesthete on your gift list. Prices range from $15 to $250, with worldwide shipping available.

Fairfax, Virginia (PRWEB) November 27, 2006

The 1958 Edsel may never have looked so good as it does rolled up under a Christmas tree in 2006! Plan59.com, the museum (and gift shop) of mid-century illustration, is happy to announce an expanded lineup of car- and pop-culture-themed prints for the holidays.

Struck on French mould-made art paper, Plan59's large-format fine-art prints (up to 4 by 7 feet) from the tailfin era are the ideal present for the car collector, pop-culture maven or sensitive, beret-wearing aesthete on your gift list. Prices range from $15 to $250, with worldwide shipping available. Gourmets will appreciate our disturbingly popular gallery of Demonic Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cuisine, at http://www.plan59.com/scarykids.htm

Created from a variety of archival source materials -- vintage sales catalogs, press release photos and studio negatives -- Plan59 automotive and pop-culture prints are dazzlingly vivid artifacts from the golden age of commercial illustration. Recent clients for our prints and high-resolution illustrations include Discovery Communications, the Wall Street Journal and Walt Disney Company.

As the Christian Science Monitor put it in a review last year, "it's a safe bet that works from the (Plan59) school would draw large crowds to a brick-and-mortar institution."

Visit http://www.plan59.com or sister site http://www.boxofapples.com/

About Plan59.com

Since 1999 Plan59.com has, in the words of founder David Hall, "provided an estimated 38 million hours of diversion for office drones trapped like rats (or would that be sheep?) in their cubicles." Based in Fairfax, Virginia, Plan59 has rescued thousands of 1950s advertising illustrations from the shredder and preserved them for future generations to admire, with online biographies of dozens of artists including William Campbell (Autocar trucks), Philip Dormont (Arrow shirts) and Frederick Siebel (Textron pajamas). For fans of old magazine ads as well as pop-culture mavens in general, Plan59.com is, in the words of German portal Raum.net, "an aesthetic eye pasture!"

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703-818-9660

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1958 Buick 1958 Buick

Promotional illustration of the 1958 Buick with Dynastar Grille, one of more than 500 large format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com.


Little Mary Sunshine Little Mary Sunshine

Will Mary dig into her snack or into Mommy's hand? This promotional illustration for cellophane packaging from 1954 is one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com. http://www.plan59.com/scarykids.htm


1956 DeSoto - Designed for the Super-Highway Age 1956 DeSoto - Designed for the Super-Highway Age

This promotional illustration of the 1956 DeSoto is one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com.


1949 Dodge Trucks - That's My Baby! 1949 Dodge Trucks - That's My Baby!

"Yes sir, that's my baby!" was the original caption for this promotional illustration of a 1949 Dodge truck, one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com.


Hamgirl Eats Out Hamgirl Eats Out

Both sweet potatoes and their beholder's eyes are glazed in this illustration promoting National Restaurant Week in 1957. It's one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com. http://www.plan59.com/scarykids.htm


Meat - You're Right in Liking It Meat - You're Right in Liking It

1946 promotional illustration from a meat trade association, one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com. http://www.plan59.com/galleries/food/cooking01.htm


Sure - You're Right in Liking MEAT Sure - You're Right in Liking MEAT

1947 promotional illustration from a meat trade association, one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com. http://www.plan59.com/galleries/food/cooking01.htm


Hi-Fi Christmas - 1961 Hi-Fi Christmas - 1961

This 1961 promotional illustration from a maker of stereo equipment is one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com.


The Ravenous Boy - 1954 The Ravenous Boy - 1954

This promotional illustration from 1954 is one of more than 500 large-format fine-art prints available from Plan59.com. http://www.plan59.com/scarykids.htm