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TWA STAR STREAM JET Authentic Original Vintage Airline Travel Poster DAVID KLEIN
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TWA - STAR STREAM JET
Authentic original vintage airline travel poster
Artist: David Klein
Condition: A
Dimensions: 25.2 x 39.8 in. / 64 x 101 cm.
Circa: 1960s
Linen Backed
The poster is in near mint condition with just some very minor edge wear; it should display beautifully once framed.
Few images capture the romance of the Jet Age quite like this one. A dramatic low-angle composition thrusts the gleaming tail fin of a TWA Star Stream Jet into a saturated cobalt sky, the airline's iconic globe-and-oval logo commanding the frame in bold red and gold. High above, a second aircraft etches four perfect contrail lines across the blue sky, which provides for a poetic suggestion of speed, altitude, and the sheer thrill of modern flight.
An American flag on the tail fin grounds the image in national pride at a moment when commercial aviation felt like the frontier of human progress.
TWA under Howard Hughes was one of the defining airlines of the era, the first to offer jet service across the Atlantic. Its marketing materials reflected that ambition at every turn. This poster, printed in the USA, is a vivid document of a moment when flying wasn't just transportation. It was the future.
- Creator:David Klein (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 39.8 in (101.1 cm)Width: 25.2 in (64.01 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1960s
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- Seller Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU10853249992932
David Klein
David Klein was an immensely prolific travel posterist who worked primarily for TWA and produced dozens of posters for the now-defunct global carrier. He designed several different series for TWA, ranging from early work that was realistic to later work that was cartoon-like in style. David Klein was born in El Paso, Texas in February of 1918. He moved to California where he attended the Art Center School [later renamed the Art Center College of Design] in Los Angeles. During the 1930s, he was an active member of the California Watercolor Society. This group of artists often chose to paint watercolors depicting scenes of everyday life in the cities and suburbs of California. They painted directly with little or no preliminary pencil drawings and used paper as a ‘color’ in a new and creative way.
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