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A vivid celestial chart produced as an Air France poster

[Air France.]
Paris: Perceval for Air France, 1953. Chromolithograph, image 595 x 955mm, with watercolour alterations.
Stock #:  25705

£1,600.00

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Description

A double-hemisphere celestial map with the constellations of the zodiac in gold and the others in turquoise, set against a sky of navy blue, both with the major stars marked. In the four corners are winged wind-heads. Lucien Boucher (1889-1971), known as 'Monsieur Planisphere' because of his witty maps, produced posters for Air France nearly thirty years. This example has been altered to remove any reference to Air France: the title banderole has been painted over; the Pegasus logo of the airline has been removed; and the globe marked with Air France's routes has been overpainted with a ringed planet.

Condition:

Laid on archival backing.

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