Air France
Air France Constellations Route Map, 1939
25 x 38 ½ in
63 x 98 cm
63 x 98 cm
CELEST1473
Air France - De Jour et de Nuit - De Nuit et de Jour - Dans Tous les Ciels Spectacular vintage Air France poster advertising their 1938-39 routes. A...
Air France - De Jour et de Nuit - De Nuit et de Jour - Dans Tous les Ciels
Spectacular vintage Air France poster advertising their 1938-39 routes. A richly illustrated map of the constellations is overlaid on a faint world map traced in gold. The Air France routes are traced by bright orange lines The cities along the routes are in gold boxes. Air France's signature hippocamp (winged seahorse) sits prominently above the title. Golden Zodiac signs decorate the border of the map.
This poster was designed by the renowned French poster artist Lucien Boucher. It is one of a series of superb posters designed by Boucher for Air France from the 1930s to the 1960s. Constellations are a common theme in Boucher's 'planisphere' posters, but this is one of the most striking uses of this motif.
Laid on archival linen. Printed colour. [CELEST1473]
Spectacular vintage Air France poster advertising their 1938-39 routes. A richly illustrated map of the constellations is overlaid on a faint world map traced in gold. The Air France routes are traced by bright orange lines The cities along the routes are in gold boxes. Air France's signature hippocamp (winged seahorse) sits prominently above the title. Golden Zodiac signs decorate the border of the map.
This poster was designed by the renowned French poster artist Lucien Boucher. It is one of a series of superb posters designed by Boucher for Air France from the 1930s to the 1960s. Constellations are a common theme in Boucher's 'planisphere' posters, but this is one of the most striking uses of this motif.
Laid on archival linen. Printed colour. [CELEST1473]
