A TWA Los Angeles <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/collectibles/vintage-poster/travel-&amp;-transportation" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">travel poster</a>, circa 1958, with artwork by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=David+Klein&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Klein</a>. <ul><li>David Klein (American, 1918-2005).</li><li>Linen backed.</li><li>This work is presented unframed.</li></ul> Searchlights, palm trees, mountains and glowing night-time color create a seriously glamorous vision of LA. With the Hollywood Bowl lit beneath a starry sky and klieg lights cutting the darkness into bold modernist shapes, it sells Southern California at its most cinematic. The aircraft shown is a Lockheed L-49 Constellation, one of the great icons of post-war air travel and among the first pressurized airliners adapted for wide commercial use. In the 1950s, TWA turned travel into fantasy: sleek, modern, exciting and full of possibility. Los Angeles was the perfect subject, with its film-world glamour, sunshine and effortless cool. David Klein’s TWA posters are mid-century design classics, loved for their punchy color, clean forms and brilliant sense of place.

TWA Los Angeles Airline 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> 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.

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