Travel & Transportation Posters

David Klein

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a> for <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=twa&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TWA</a> advertising Hollywood as a destination.<ul><li>David Klein (American, 1918-2005).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> TWA used posters like this to present American cities as exciting, modern and accessible by air. Hollywood was a perfect subject for the airline age, combining travel, entertainment, celebrity and the glamour of California. The result is a poster that feels both promotional and cinematic. David Klein's work for TWA is among the most admired travel advertising of the post-war era. His designs are known for strong graphic composition, vivid color and a distinctive ability to turn place names into powerful visual experiences. This Hollywood design is a superb example of his atmospheric, destination-led style.

TWA Hollywood Travel Poster

A TWA <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a>, advertising <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Las+Vegas&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Las Vegas</a> as a destination.&nbsp;<ul><li>David Klein (American, 1918-2005).</li><li>Trans World Airlines.</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> TWA, one of the great names of 20th-century aviation, used poster campaigns to sell the romance and excitement of air travel. Las Vegas was an ideal subject, perfectly suited to the bright, modern and slightly theatrical style of post-war airline promotion.

TWA Las Vegas Travel Poster

A multi-<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles?query=signed&amp;locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> photographic display of the Honda Marlboro McLaren <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Formula+One&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Formula One</a> team, circa 1988.<ul><li>Goodyear, 1988.</li><li>Signed by Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger and Ron Dennis.</li><li>Framed and mounted.</li></ul> Color photographic print depicting the McLaren team posed in the pit lane with the McLaren MP4/4, signed in black marker by Ayrton Senna, Gerhard Berger and inscribed by team principal Ron Dennis; the image a period Goodyear promotional piece, with printed caption referencing the team’s sequence of Grand Prix victories and featuring Senna’s Number 8 car. An evocative and scarce multi-signed image from McLaren’s most dominant era, the 1988 season seeing the MP4/4 secure 15 victories from 16 races. Signed material combining Senna with both his teammate Berger and team principal Dennis is uncommon, particularly in large-format presentation pieces of this nature, and such items remain highly sought after by collectors of historic motor racing memorabilia.

Signed Goodyear Advertising Poster | Honda Malboro McLaren Formula 1 Team

John Atherton

A Hawaii by Clipper <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a> for Pan American Airline.<ul><li>John Atherton (American).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Hawaii by Clipper Pan American Airline Travel Poster

Jean-Gabriel Domergue

A travel <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/brand-&amp;-advertising" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">advertising poster</a> for <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Monte%20Carlo&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monte Carlo</a>, in Monaco, with artwork by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Jean%20Gabriel%20Domergue&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jean Gabriel Domergue</a>.<ul><li>Jean Gabriel Domergue (French, 1889-1962).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul>

Monte Carlo Travel Advertising Poster

Paul Colin 

A Cie Gle Transatlantique French Line <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a>, designed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Paul%20Colin&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paul Colin</a>. <ul><li>Paul Colin (French, 1892-1985).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Founded by the Péreire Brothers in 1861, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT), also called French Line, was a French shipping line which operated ocean liners on the Transatlantic Route.

SS France Cie Gle Transatlantique Line Travel poster

Adolphe Mouron, known as Cassandre

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

Jacques Nathan-Garamond

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

Léon Benigni

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>

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John Atherton

Jean-Gabriel Domergue

Paul Colin

Attributed to Adolphe Mouron, known as Cassandre

Jacques Nathan-Garamond

Léon Benigni