OTTO & P. LEROI (DATES UNKNOWN) NACH WEST-INDIEN AB NEW YORK / NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD BREMEN. Circa 1925. 35 7/8x24 inches, 91x61 cm. O. & P., Leroi G. M. B. H. Neu-Jsenberg, Berlin. Condition A. A bold, stylized image of an Indian Chief clad in a war bonnet, wrapped in a ceremonial blanket and holding a peace pipe. The mannerist Art Deco style is as captivating as the geo-anthropological theme is wrong. Rather than advertising a cruise to the New World, the poster is in fact promoting cruises from New York to the West Indies. Likely the German artist was taking liberties with the word "Indies." Vacationers who signed up for this cruise with the hope of seeing an Indian chief in the Caribbean would have been very disappointed.
