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Auction History Result 8x033 L'AVVENTURA linen British quad R95 Michelangelo Antonioni, c/u of pretty Monica Vitti! Date Sold 12/8/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1995) Re-Release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked British Quad Movie Poster (BQ; Quad Crown; measures approximately 30" x 40") (Learn More) L'Avventura (released in English-speaking countries either under the original title and as "Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura [The Adventure]", and "The Fling"), the classic 1960 Michelangelo Antonioni French/Italian romantic love triangle mystery crime thriller starring Monica Vitti, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, Renzo Ricci, Dominique Blanchar, and James Addams. Note that director Antonioni had been making movies for over ten years before this one (mostly shorts and documentaries), but he completely surprised the world with this groundbreaking movie, which moved at an exceptionally slow pace, with little worry about advancing the plot. It had a major influence on movies all over the world during the 1960s. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: What IS linenbacking? "Linenbacking" is a process that is used to preserve movie posters (the best restorers de-acidify the poster during the restoration process), and to make them far easier to display (it is much easier and less expensive to frame a linenbacked poster). When linenbacking is done correctly, it adds to the value of the poster, and is NOT a defect! Note that the specific poster in this auction was well linenbacked, but the restorer did not attempt to make the poster look "perfect". You may still see some slight evidence of the restoration and/or the defects when you look at the poster from inches away, and you may be able to see slight signs of restoration even from a distance. But the poster now looks quite nice, and I think most collectors would be quite happy to display this poster on their wall. In general, know that we received many of the linenbacked posters we are currently selling already linenbacked, but we have examined every poster EXTREMELY carefully, and we did our best to describe what condition the poster was in PRIOR to restoration, the defects the poster had PRIOR to restoration (in the "Pre-Restoration Defects & Quality of Restoration" section), any unrestored defects, and, when it seemed worth noting, something about the quality of the restoration itself. Many other auction houses claim to match what we do in this area, but EVERY person who regularly buys movie posters from major auctions can tell you this is just not the case! We never intentionally overgrade a single item, we never "accidentally" miss defects, and we never enhance a single image! Condition: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds, a pinhole in each corner, and minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Learn More about condition grades 
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