Artist: Walter Grieder
Condition: A/A- *
Dimensions: 25.2 x 39.2 in. / 64 x 99.5 cm.
Circa: 1971
Linen Backed
* See Condition Grading section for further details
There are some surface smudges in the top left and bottom right white areas of the poster; otherwise this wonderful Air India travel poster is in near mint condition and should display beautifully once framed.
A charming and inventive poster from Air-India's celebrated destination series featuring the Maharaja. Russian folk art chess pieces including a tsarina, a turbaned king, a knight on horseback, pawns in traditional dress, are arranged across a checkerboard ground in warm earthy reds and blues. The illustration has a handmade, painterly quality that sets Air-India's series apart from the slicker jet-age graphic style of Western carriers.
Air-India produced some of the most distinctive airline poster art of the 1960s, and their destination posters are increasingly sought after. The Moscow subject is an unusual one, a reflection of Cold War-era route , which makes this a particularly interesting find.