£252
Travel & Vintage Posters | 720
Auction: 27 October 2022 at 19:00 BST
offset lithographic poster, 1948, condition A; not backed
American Overseas Airlines (AOA) employed Lewitt-Him to directly convey the 'shrinkage of time' at a time when airlines were competing to be the fastest and most reliable choice. The result is a surreal image which plays on the altered relationship between time and space brought about by the technological advancements of air travel.