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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
EDWARD MCKNIGHT KAUFFER (1890-1954)
AMERICAN AIRLINES / 707 JET FLAGSHIP / SAN FRANCISCO. 1948.
38 1/2x28 1/2 inches, 98x72 1/2 cm. Condition A-: minor creases in image. Matted and framed.
While living in the United States after World War II, American Airlines was Kauffer's single largest account. Between 1946 and 1953, he designed more than 30 posters for the company; some were landscapes and illustrative images, while others were photomontages and Modernist designs. This poster features a "707 Jet Flagship" overprint. American Airlines did not begin flying the Boeing 707 until 1958, indicating that they overprinted the earlier poster with this updated information. Kauffer 306.
