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LEWITT-HIM (JAN LEWITT 1907-1991 / JERZY HIM 1900-1982) OVERNIGHT TO AMERICA. 1949.
37x23 3/4 inches. W.R. Royle & Sons.
Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; minor creasing in margins. Paper.
Lewitt and Him were both born in Poland and met as young graphic designers. In 1933 they founded the Lewitt-Him studio and later immigrated to England in 1937. Deeply inspired by Surrealist painting, their work often played with words and images. The series of posters they did for American Overseas Airlines in 1949 is considered among the best of their works. Here, the play is clearly between light and shade, with a sophisticated use of lettering and yellow-gold color. The stripes of light and shade help give a sense of distance and speed.
ref: International Poster Annual 1948 / 49, Zollikoffer-St Gall, 1949 no. 106 p. 47.
Condition B+: vertical and horizontal folds; minor creasing in margins. Paper.
Lewitt and Him were both born in Poland and met as young graphic designers. In 1933 they founded the Lewitt-Him studio and later immigrated to England in 1937. Deeply inspired by Surrealist painting, their work often played with words and images. The series of posters they did for American Overseas Airlines in 1949 is considered among the best of their works. Here, the play is clearly between light and shade, with a sophisticated use of lettering and yellow-gold color. The stripes of light and shade help give a sense of distance and speed.
ref: International Poster Annual 1948 / 49, Zollikoffer-St Gall, 1949 no. 106 p. 47.
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