Sale 2484 - Vintage Posters, August 1, 2018

AAGE RASMUSSEN (1913-1975) 469 c DSB / DANISH STATE RAILWAYS. 1937. 19 1 / 4 x24 1 / 2 inches, 49x62 1 / 4 cm. Andreasen & Lachmann, Copenhagen. Condition A-: minor creases, abrasions and restoration in margins; unobtrusive water stain in upper right margin. Rasmussen was a Danish illustrator and poster designer. This poster, considered to be his best, uses the perspective created by the tracks to draw the viewer’s eye to the horizon, from which a train approaches at full speed. The asymmetric typography is organized perpendicularly to the meter that shows the speed: 120 kmh. This is the English version. Metiers 1939 p. 94, Weill no. 469. [800/1,200] TRAIN POSTERS LOTS 469-503