Bidspirit auction | A Charles Rennie Mackintosh Glasgow

A Charles Rennie Mackintosh Glasgow Style Art Nouveau Exhibition Poster for the Hunterian Art Gallery - An exhibition poster for the Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, featuring a design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This large-scale, vertical poster is printed on paper and housed within a black-painted frame under glass. The artwork depicts a highly stylised Glasgow Style Art Nouveau composition, originally designed for The Scottish Musical Review in 1896, featuring elongated geometric forms and abstract bird motifs in a palette of deep blue, purple, and green. The lower section of the poster contains printed text for the exhibition titled CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH DRAWINGS, DESIGNS AND WATERCOLOURS, scheduled for 26 OCTOBER 1991 – 1 FEBRUARY 1992. To the lower right of the image, the printed inscription CHAS. R. MACKINTOSH INV. DELT 1896 is visible. The bottom margin is printed with the publisher name BANKS & C O EDINBURGH & GLASGOW. The reverse of the frame features a brown paper backing, which shows signs of age and wear.