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The Grasshopper and the Ant, 1913
Ladislas Starewicz's insect fable, advertised.
What
A trade advertisement of 1913 for "The Grasshopper and the Ant", the stop-motion fable Ladislas Starewicz made with real insects.
Why
Starewicz moved dried beetles and grasshoppers by hand, frame by frame, years before puppet animation had a name.
Notice
The advertisement sells the fable to cinema owners by its title alone.
“Animation's first insects”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Strekoza i muravei (1913), dir. Ladislas Starewicz
- Country / studio
- Russian Empire · A. Khanzhonkov & Co.
- Format
- Other
- Poster published
- Trade advertisement, 1913
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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