AAGE RASMUSSEN (1913-1975)

DSB. 1937.

39x24 inches, 99x61. Andreasen & Lachmann, Copenhagen.
Condition A-: minor creases in margins and image; small stain in lower right corner. Paper.

Rasmussen was a Danish illustrator and poster designer. This poster, considered to be his best, uses the perspective created by the tracks to draw the viewer's eye to the horizon, from which a train approaches at full speed. The asymmetric typography is organized perpendicularly to the meter that shows the speed: 120 kmh. Usually overprinted in different languages with "The Danish State Railways," beneath "DSB," this is a rare proof before the addition of extra text. Metiers 1939 p. 94, Weill no. 469.