Australia Kangaroo with Joey in Pouch
- ca 1957
- Eileen Mayo (1906-1994)
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25 x 40 inches ~ (63 x 101 cm)$5,060
- 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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Particulars at government, shipping, airline & travel offices
Australian National Travel Assoc., Railway Building, Flinders Street, Melbourne. 153 Kearny Street, San Francisco 8, Cal., USA.”
Fabulous A condition.
From New South Wales Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences "This poster illustrates the designer and client's interest in referencing Australia's unique fauna and landscapes as a dramatic and appealing aspect of Australian culture and identity. Although Mayo's poster is incredulous in that it depicts the 'red centre' with grass trees (a species not found in red sandy dessert environments), its heroic depiction of a kangaroo with joey in its pouch, the subtle tonal qualities of the sky, and the evocative graphic elements and composition would have made both a strikingly eye-catching and a commerically appealling Australian National Travel Association poster at the time. This type of bold graphic image of Australian identify were particularly popular during the 1950s, especially in the years leading up to the Melbourne Olympic Games of 1956."
