American Airlines Astroliner 747 Poster
- 1970
- Peter Gee (1932-2005)
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30 x 40 inches ~ (76 x 101 cm)$6,500
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Please note slight surface creases in the top foil printed area of the poster.
"In January of 1970, a few weeks prior to American Airlines' first Boeing 747 coast-to-coast service, British-born pop artist and real estate developer Peter Gee (1932-2005) completed this introductory poster for the new Boeing 747 that American Airlines called Astroliner. One of the most powerful airline advertising posters of its time, it corresponds with the size and strength of the newly introduced Boeing 747, then the largest commercial airliner in the world by far. The photograph used by Peter Gee to create this poster was part of a series of photos made while American's first Boeing 747 was being tested in the Puget Sound area in late 1969. The original poster is silkscreen printed on silver foil Mylar paper. It is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York" (from M.C Huhne, Airline Visual Identity, p. 150).
One of the rarest and best mid-century airline posters.
