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

DESIGNER UNKNOWN 160  TWA / UN MILIONE DI PASSEGGERI ALL’ANNO. Circa 1950. 39 3 / 4 x25 inches, 101x63 1 / 2 cm. Condition B+: repaired tear from bottom edge into image; repaired tears and creases at edges; creases in image; repaired pin holes in corners. TWA put its first Lockheed Constellation into service in 1945 and the aircraft took its first commercial transatlantic journey for the company in early 1946. By 1950, magazine ads for the airline were already telling prospective travelers “don’t look for just one reason why more than a million passengers a year fly TWA” ( Life , March 27, 1950, p. 17). This is the Italian version. [800/1,200] FRANK SOLTESZ (1912-1998) 161 c FLY TWA / TRANS WORLD AIRLINES. 1952. 40 1 / 2 x24 1 / 2 inches, 108x62 1 / 4 cm. Condition A-: minor repaired tears and restoration at edges; minor creases and restoration in image. Soltesz, who was a commercial illustrator in the 1940s and 50s, designed several posters and magazine ads for TWA in the 1950s. He also designed covers for maps issued by the Standard Oil Company (Esso), pulp magazine covers and other advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post. One of several different variations, as the top has been left blank for additional text. “TWA’s Lockheed Super Connie was easy to identify with its dipped nose, triple tail, and elegant elongated fuselage” (Fly Now p. 133). Fly Now p. 133 (var). [800/1,200] 160 161