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

LOIS GAIGG (1905-1944) 30 c LLOYD EXPRESS / NORTH GERMAN LLOYD BREMEN. 1929. 35 1 / 4 x24 inches, 89 1 / 2 x61 cm. J.F. Tapley Co., Long Island City. Condition A- / B+: minor tears, creases and foxing at edges; pin holes in corners; metal strips at top and bottom for hanging. Paper. The sister ships Bremen and Europa were launched in 1929 and 1930, respectively. The Columbus , launched in 1924, was retrofitted in 1929 with shorter funnels, making her closer in appearance to the two other ships. Gaigg, who worked with Joseph Binder, won a poster competition with this design in 1929, the results of which were published in Gebrauchsgraphik magazine. This poster exists in a larger, German language version and with several different text variations. Note that this English language variant was printed in New York. Passenger Ships 79 (var), Schipp & Affiche 25 (var). [2,000/3,000]