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Air France Planisphere Lucien Boucher Original Vintage Poster rare travel poster by Lucien Boucher - original !!! This is one a series of well-designed maps by Lucien Boucher for Air France during the 1950's. This image, created in 1952, colorfully presents the routes of Air France as well as vignette of peoples of the globe in their native settings. ?? The details and colors are very fine and crisp and this image is both historically relevant as well as decorative. Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) was a French graphic designer and illustrator most known to collectors for his many beautiful Air France travel posters. Boucher got his start as a cartoonist for the French humor magazine, Le Rire before moving into product and cinema poster design. He experimented in Surrealism, as well as Art Deco in his early advertising. Boucher's unique mid-century painting style combines his Art Deco influence and traditional painting to offer a fresh look for advertising. His body of work for Air France is well regarded by collectors as a leader in the mid-century style. Among these artworks are Boucher's series of "Planispheres," which depicted the ever-expanding travel routes of the Air France airline. He completed the series of Planispheres from 1934-1962, continually developing the imagery with a fresh approach. This is an Original Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation mounted, linen backed, and in excellent condition. r 25.5 x 39.25 iinches - Signed By Lucien Boucher !! look at photos -100 percent lifetime guarantee on poster!please look at my feedback - !!!!!poster will be ROLLED IN A STRONG TUBE -----INSURED ! ??. A RARE AND CLASSIC AIR TRAVEL POSTER FROM THE 1950'S BY THE GREAT ARTIST LUCIEN BOUCHER !!!!lAir France. 1952. "Mr. Planisphere" does it again, this time on the other side of World War II, using Henricus Hondius's famous 1630 Terrarum Orbius Geographica as a model. The fine details both inside the map (whales spouting by Japan, a caravel approaching the Antilles as DC-4s approach Florida and Chile) and outside (Conquistadors, Silk Road traders, Notre Dame) are boldly colored and spectacularly illustrated ?????????????????????????????? Air France is the French flag carrier airline which was founded in 1933. As of 2013 Air France serves 36 destinations in France and operates worldwide scheduled passenger and cargo services to 168 destinations in 78 countries. (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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