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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
HARRY ROGERS (1929-2012)
QANTAS AND BOAC / BRITAIN. Circa 1954.
20x15 inches, 50 3/4x38 cm. Condition B+: repaired tear at upper right edge, into image; minor restoration along sharp creases in upper left image; minor creases and repaired tears at edges; slight foxing in image. Silkscreen.
Australian-born Rogers studied art in his native Sydney before moving to California for three years to study animation at UCLA. Returning to Australia as a freelance artist, Rogers' primary client was Qantas, for whom he designed a number of different poster series between the 1950s and 1970s. In addition to designing posters for the firm, he was also involved in other aspects of their corporate identity, from brochures to typefaces. This is from the first edition of this series of Qantas posters, showing the silhouette of the Super Constellation airliner, which was used by the airline from April 1954 to May 1963
