1922 Pathé-Baby Camera Poster by Emilio Vilà, Linen-Backed

Original Art Deco advertising poster for the Pathé-Baby camera (c.1922) by Emilio Vilà, professionally linen-backed. A modern figure faces the sea and gulls, compact camera in hand—elegant, optimistic and unmistakably 1920s.

• Artist: Emilio Vilà (1887–1967)
• Year: circa 1922
• Size: about 21 x 28 inches (53 x 71 cm)
• Printing: Lithograph on paper; conservation linen-backed
• Condition: Excellent (A); light, expert touch-ups only
• Country: Switzerland (printed)
• Authenticity: Original 1920s printing; Certificate of Authenticity included

Pathé’s “Baby” system introduced 9.5 mm film in 1922, bringing cinema into living rooms across Europe. Vilà—Catalan-born and Paris-seasoned—boils that new freedom down to a few perfect shapes: sunrise orange against deep ultramarine, a poised silhouette and letterforms that glide like the water behind her. It is a love-letter to early home-movie culture—part technology ad, part travel poster, all confidence.

Ships rolled in a sturdy tube, fully insured; authenticity guaranteed with a signed COA.