West Africa Equatorial Africa Original Air France Travel Poster
- ca 1946
- Vincent Guerra
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24 x 39 1/2 inches ~ (60 x 99 cm)$4,200
- 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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Rare and beautiful illustration, reminiscent of a wood carving, of a Languedoc SE161 flying over a herd of elephants surrounded by lush vegetation.
This is the rare first version of the poster. Although drawn by the artist from photographs, "unfortunately he had used photographs of Asian elephants . . . and their morphology is distinctly different from that of African elephants, and notably the ears, which are shorter" (Air France p. 130). In 1948, the artist corrected the image and the poster was reissued, "giving the African pachyderms earlobes worthy of their breed" (ibid). This is the English version. Air France 70.
