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

ADOLPH TREIDLER (1886-1981) 36 c FRENCH LINE / THE GENTLE ART OF CIVILIZED LIVING. 1934. 25x17 1 / 2 inches, 63 1 / 2 x44 1 / 2 cm. Condition A- / B+: overpainting and air brushing in lower margin and text; minor creases and abrasions in margins and image. An elegant crowd gathers for drinks at the Cocktail Bar on board the Champlain . The ship was launched in 1932 and had her interiors designed by René Prou. She was sunk in 1940. [1,500/2,000] 36 37 PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT P. DESCHARNES (1926-2014) 37 c UNITED STATES LINES / NO FINER WAY TO - USA. Circa 1950s. 38 1 / 4 x23 1 / 2 inches, 97 1 / 4 x59 3 / 4 cm. Le Roy, Paris. Condition B+: creases and restoration throughout; minor repaired tears and abrasions at edges. Descharnes was a photographer and filmmaker, but his real claim to fame was as Salvador Dali’s seceretary. According to Sotheby’s, Descharnes and Dali actually met for the first time aboard the SS America (a ship in the United States Line fleet), where they were introduced by the painter Georges Mathieu, a fellow traveler. This photo­ graphic image of the SS United States is as powerful as any graphic depiction of a liner, and speaks to Descharnes’ cinematic background. [700/1,000]