Total Eclipse of the Sun Original New Haven R.R Travel Poster
- 1932
- John Held Jr.
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28 x 42 inches ~ (71 x 106 cm)$5,450
- 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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See Night-time When It’s Day - In New England as You Play
New England Eclipses All - As a Vacation Land
Plan Now to Witness This Amazing Phenomenon - Travel by Train to Vacation landRare poster advertising train travel to view the total solar eclipse on August 31, 1932. Especially visible in New England, the poster uses a creative map showing the PATH OF TOTAL ECLIPSE with list of times the eclipse becomes total at different latitudes Surrounded by vignettes of Held iconic caricatures of tourist, locals and even roosters experiencing total darkness in the middle of the day..
We also have the brochure/timetable for this train using the same Held artwork.
John Held, Jr., the King of Jazz Age Illustration was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Life, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook and other popular magazines. One of America's top cartoonists in the 1920s and 1930s, his immediately recognizable iconic figures including flapper girls and guys were a tremendous sensation and came to visually epitomize the roaring 20s. Among his many works was a significant series of travel posters and accompanying brochures/timetables.
