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Original Vintage Poster, Lucien Boucher, Air France, World Map Planisphere, 1948
About the Item
Planisphere Air France from 1948 to promote world tourism through the famous French airline.
Artist: Lucien Boucher (1899-1971)
Title: Air France – Réseau aérien mondial
Date: 1948
Size: 24.7 x 15.4 in. / 62.7 x 39.2 cm.
Printer: Perceval - Paris.
Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper
Linen backing: Yes
Condition: A (Designates a poster in very good condition. The colours are fresh and there are no or very few paper losses. If there are imperfections they are marginal and imperceptible.)
Additional Details:
The shrimp (or Seahorse or Winged Horse), emblem of Air France from 1933 to 1976, is visible at the top right.
Lucien Boucher is a French designer, engraver, poster designer and illustrator born in 1899 and died in 1971. From the 1920s, he devoted himself mainly to the creation of posters for cinema and advertising and produced numerous lithographs inspired by surrealism. . He is best known for his series of advertising posters and planispheres made for Air France.
- Creator:Lucien Boucher (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 15.44 in (39.2 cm)Width: 24.69 in (62.7 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1948
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
- Reference Number:Seller: 2249190491521stDibs: LU7066236096032
Lucien Boucher
1889 - 1971 Known by Air France as Mr. Planosphere, he created these designs between 1934 - 1962. Beginning around 1935, Lucien Boucher designed an impressive stream of posters for Air France that continued until he was well into his seventies. [PAI-XXII, 220] This artist is known mainly for a series of absorbing Air France world map posters that signal a global theatre. Lucien Boucher launched his design career tuned to the commercial promise of Surrealism. Born in Chartre, he studied at the École de Céramique de Sèvres. He debuted at the Salon d'Automne in 1921, becoming a member in 1923; he also exhibited at the Salon de l'Araignée from 1924-1930. Boucher also made wood engravings, drawings in watercolor and gouache, and lithographs. Lucien Boucher's witty and charming color lithographs Lucien Boucher launched his design career at the Ceramique de Sevres and made his debut at the Salon d'Automne in 1921, becoming a member in 1923: he also exhibited at the Salon de L'Araignée from 1924-1930. Besides lithographs, Boucher also created wood engravings and drawings in watercolor. Beginning around 1935, Boucher designed an impressive series of posters for Air France that he continued producing until he was well into his seventies. Boucher is known mainly for his absorbing Air France poster designs, known as "Monsieur Planisphere" (planispheres are flattened representations of planet Earth). He created a variety of illustrated World Maps that depicted the global flight routes serviced by the airline.
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