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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
DAVID KLEIN (1918-2005)
NEW YORK / FLY TWA. Circa 1960.
39½x24½ inches, 100½x62¼ cm. Condition B+: minor repaired tears at edges; minor creases and abrasions at edges and in image. repaired pin holes in corners; yellows faded. Matted and framed.
Originally issued in 1956, the poster featured a detailed image of a TWA Constellation. The image was so popular that the airline reused it when it fully entered the Jet Age, changing the image to feature the silhouette of a jet plane. A year after it was first issued, a copy of this poster was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection. This is the larger version, with the silhouetted jet plane.
Huhne p. 59 (var), Metzl p. 166 (var), Airways p. 148 (var), MoMA 329.1957, Taschen p. 444.
