Travel & Transportation Posters

BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) airline <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a> by Norman Weaver.<ul><li>Norman Weaver (English, 1913-1989).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

British Overseas Airways Corporation Travel Advertising Poster

Rare Swiss travel poster for St. Moritz.<ul><li>Walter Herdeg (Swiss, 1908-1995).</li><li>Photograph by Albert Steiner (Swiss, 1877-1965).&nbsp;</li><li>Depiction of baby reaching out to a sunburst.</li><li>Linen-backed paper.</li></ul>

St. Moritz Swiss Travel Poster

Art Deco travel advertising poster for Brides-les-Bains, the Savoie region of southeastern France, 1929.<ul><li>Léon Benigni (French, 1892–1948).</li><li>Created by the French railway, P.L.M. for Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, three train hubs which were the main departure points for rail travel in France during the 1920s and into the 1930s.</li><li>Poster touting Brides-les-Bains being the station of the elegant woman.</li><li>Linen backed, rolled and unframed.</li></ul>

Brides-les-Bains French Travel Poster

Advertising travel poster from the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique for Allez En Corse Corse (Corsica), the French Mediterranean sea island, circa 1950.<ul><li>Edouard Collin (French, 1906-1983).</li><li>Printed by Editions Transatlantiques.</li><li>Linen backed, rolled and unframed.</li></ul>

Allez en Corse / Corsica French Travel Poster

Art Deco travel advertising poster for Bandol, France, 1930.<ul><li>André Bermond (French, 1903–1983).</li><li>Bandol is a modern resort area in France which began as a health resort for the upper class at the end of the 18th century during the cooler winter months; after the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th century, it became a popular vacation spot.</li><li>Linen backed, rolled and unframed.</li></ul>

Bandol French Travel Poster

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a> published by ENIT promoting Italy as "The Ideal Land For All Sports" featuring an Art Deco style design by the notable poster artist <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Cassandre&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A. M. Cassandre</a>.<ul><li>Attributed to A. M. Cassandre (French, 1901-1968).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Italian Ski Travel Advertising Poster

An <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=advertising%20poster&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">advertising poster</a> for Air France, designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Jacques%20Nathan-Garamond&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jacques Nathan-Garamond</a>.<ul><li>Jacques Nathan-Garamond (French, 1910-2001).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Jacques Nathan-Garamond (1910-2001) was a French graphic designer. He studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and was a director of contemporary architecture before his career as a designer. It was after the war that Nathan-Garamond became a graphic designer and produced several amazing works for prestigious advertisers such as Air France, Mazda and Telefunken. He then founded the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and was a professor at the École Internationale and a professor at the École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques Penninghen. His work is in the permanent collections of major institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. France has a long and rich history in poster design that dates back to the mid-19th century. One of the most influential figures in the development of vintage posters was the French poster artist Jules Chéret. Around 1866, Chéret is credited with producing the first color lithograph posters, using a technique he refined from the black and white process first invented by German actor and playwright Alois Senefelder in 1798. Cheret's three stone lithographic process allowed artists to achieve every color in the rainbow using just three stones - usually red, yellow and blue - printed in careful registration. The Parisian artists, headed by Cheret and including masters Steinlen, Willette, Grasset, Bonnard, Forain and, last but certainly not least, Toulouse-Lautrec's vibrant and eye-catching designs influenced, in part, by Japanese Woodcuts brought a new level of visual appeal to the streets of Paris and, in turn, established the poster as an art form. The Belle Époque (Beautiful Era), a period of peace and frivolity in France from the late 19th to the early 20th century (1870-1914), played a significant role in the continued advancement of poster design. This era coincided with economic growth and the rise of a new middle class with disposable income and leisure time. It was during this time that the poster craze took hold in France, with posters being used for advertising various products, events, and entertainment. Over the decades that followed from these auspicious beginnings French poster design continued to flourish and designers from around the world followed suit in experimenting with poster design for advertisements for cultural events, travel, film, food and drink and more.

Air France Paris Travel Airline Advertising Poster

A TWA poster advertising New York as a destination of the iconic airline.<ul><li>David Klein (American, 1918-2005).</li><li>Depicts Times Square, with TWA's slogan "up up and away" in the lower corner.</li><li>Paper backed with linen.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

New York TWA Travel Poster

A French motorcycle advertisement poster for the company Favor.<ul><li>Pierre Bellenger (French, b. 1909).</li><li>"Simple, practical, elegant"</li><li>Paper backed with linen.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Favor, manufacturer of bicycles and motorcycles, was founded in 1898 in Clemont-Ferrand, a French city in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region where the Michelin tire company is also based. Favor motorcycles were regularly ridden to victory in French national championships throughout the 1950s. The company closed in 1977.&nbsp;

French Favor Motorcycle Poster

Travel advertising poster for Saint-Honoré-les-Bains, the Nièvre region of central France, 1935.<ul><li>Jean Boyer (French).</li><li>Created by the French railway, P.L.M. for Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, three train hubs which were the main departure points for rail travel in France during the 1920s and into the 1930s.</li><li>Linen backed, rolled and unframed.</li></ul>

Saint-Honoré-les-Bains French Travel Poster

Travel advertising poster for the French Riviera&nbsp;resort town Cannes, 1930s.<ul><li>George Goursat, known as Sem (French, 1863–1934).</li><li>Linen backed and unframed.</li></ul>

Cannes French Advertising Travel Poster

French Railway poster advertising the Cote d'Azur for travel.<ul><li>Bernard Villemot (French).</li><li>Depicting a figure with water and palm trees.</li><li>Linen-backed paper.</li></ul>

French Railway Cote d'Azur Travel Poster

A Cote d'Azur SNCF French Railways travel poster designed by Bernard Villemot.<ul><li>Bernard Villemot (French, 1911-1989).</li><li>The SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) is France's national state-owned railway company and was founded in 1938.</li><li>Paper backed with linen.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

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Norman Weaver

Walter Herdeg, Albert Steiner

Léon Benigni

Edouard Collin

André Bermond

Attributed to Adolphe Mouron, known as Cassandre

Jacques Nathan-Garamond

David Klein

Pierre Bellenger

Jean-Baptiste Boyer

George Goursat

Bernard Villemot

Bernard Villemot