Artist: Anonymous
Condition: A/A- *
Dimensions: 24.8 x 39.6 in. / 63 x 100.5 cm.
Circa: 1950s
Linen Backed
* See Condition Grading section for further details
There is very minor edge and corner wear, tiny tears, and creasing; this gorgeous midcentury airline travel poster should display beautifully once framed.
A characteristic example of Northwest Orient's midcentury destination series: flat, stylized, and cheerful. The composition stacks its signifiers neatly: Victoria Peak and the harbor skyline, an orange-sailed junk, a resting fisherman, a propeller aircraft overhead. The purple harbor panel and warm ochre tones against powder blue give it a palette that feels distinctly of the moment, somewhere between postwar optimism and the earliest stirrings of the package tour industry.