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

DESIGNER UNKNOWN 63 c CRUISE TO AUSTRALIA THIS WINTER. Circa 1935. 39 3 / 4 x25 inches, 101x63 1 / 2 cm. Condition B: repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins and image; foxing in text; loss at top edge; repaired pin holes in top corners. [400/600] MAURICE LABAN (1912-1970) 64 c B•O•A•C QANTAS / AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND. 1957. 40x25 inches, 101 1 / 2 x63 1 / 2 cm. Condition A: minor creases at edges and in image. Paper. Laban designed a series of posters for BOAC in the 1950s, each colorfully depicting animals with a single landmark for the territory being promoted. Riding the Skies p. 125. [700/1,000] A. AMSPOKER (DATES UNKNOWN) 65 c AUSTRALIA / PAN AMERICAN. Circa 1950s. 35x21 3 / 4 inches, 89x55 1 / 2 cm. Condition A. Silkscreen. “In the mid-1950s, graphic designer A. Amspoker created a well-liked series of about twenty destination posters for Pan Am. The series became an important part of Pan Am’s promotional materials until 1959” (Huhne p. 24). These silkscreens incorporated such diverse locales as New York, Australia, New Zealand, France, Saigon and the Philippines. [500/750] 64 65