Wonderful Way to Get There / Farrell Lines / Cape Town New York. Circa 1951. Offset lithograph poster. 107¼x71 cm, 42¼x28 inches.
"In 1948, American South African Lines was renamed Farrell Lines, providing passenger and cargo service between South Africa and New York. By the early 1950s, two single-funnel sister ships - the African Enterprise and the African Endeavor plied the route between Cape Town and Manhattan," one of which is illustrated here (New York p. 105). For this exceptional image, "Siebel created an imaginary, collaged cityscape and urban portrait, incorporating iconic monuments, buildings and neighborhoods like the Brooklyn Bridge, the United Nations, and Times Square. In vibrant, stained glass tones he showcases the city simultaneously dappled in sun and lit up at night" (ibid).
