Artist: E. McKnight Kauffer
Condition: A- *
Dimensions: 29.5 x 39.8 in. / 75 x 101 cm.
Circa: 1950s
Linen Backed
* See Condition Grading section for further details
There are restored areas of minor edge and corner wear, tears, and small losses; restored corner and edge staple holes; some edge scuffs/creases; this wonderful midcentury airline travel poster should display beautifully once framed.
Artist E. McKnight Kauffer was one of the most significant figures in 20th-century poster design. He pioneered a lot of the visual language other modernist poster artists later built on.
The flag rendered as a single sweeping ribbon, curling into shadow at the fold, is a clever piece of abstraction. It reads instantly as American without a single star-spangled cliché, and the small framed globe focused on Europe does the rest of the work the title needs.