Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

VICTOR VASARELY (1908-1997) 153 c AIR FRANCE / AMÉRIQUE DU SUD. 1946. 39 1 / 4 x24 inches, 99 3 / 4 x61 cm. Perceval, Paris. Condition A-: minor repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins, some affecting image. “Born in Hungary [Vasarely] arrived in Paris in 1930 where he worked in advertising while carrying out the pictorial research that made him famous: abstract painting, oriented toward kinetic art, creating optical illusions with his cubes. The only poster he did for Air France is a singular work in his total production” (Air France p. 98). Air France p. 98, Airways p. 6, Huhne p. 259. [2,000/3,000] ERIC (RAOUL ERIC CASTEL, 1915-1997) 154 c AIR FRANCE / CORSE. 1949. 39 1 / 4 x24 1 / 4 inches, 99 3 / 4 x61 1 / 2 cm. Havas, [Paris.] Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration at edges, some into image and lower text; abrasions along creases at bottom. Air France p. 34, Airways p. 126. [600/900] LUCIEN BOUCHER (1889-1971) 155 c AIR FRANCE / BALEARES. 1951. 39x24 3 / 4 inches, 99x63 cm. Perceval, Paris. Condition A: minor creases in margins. Not in Air France. [600/900] 154 155