Messageries Maritimes and a sampan
1 800,00€
Offset mounted on linen canvas
Signed by Jean des GACHONS
Printed in Paris, France
v. 1958
D. image 60,5×98 cm
D. toile 69×106,5 cm
Description
This is a superbe advertising poster for the maritime messagerie company (1851 – 1977). The creation of this company was intended to respond to two challenges of the time: the transport of passengers and freight – with a commercial vocation – as well as postal deliveries.
The image is full of calm with a sea of oil, all licked by the soft rays of the sun. The Vietnamese sampan, wooden hull and white sail coloured by the sun, meets here the cargo ship, a gigantic white vessel, which proudly displays its blue white and red flag in the colours of France.
Apparent inscriptions on the poster:
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
Marseille – India – Ceylon – Malaysia – Vietnam – Hong Kong – Philippines – Japan
Edita – Paris
Condition report:
This poster is in very good condition.
This is not a reproduction.