Air France/Amérique Du Nord
1956
Artist
Jean Colin
Printer
Imp. Mourlot Paris
Art Director
Jean Carlu
DIMENSIONS
39 x 24 1/2 in. (99.1 x 62.2 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.5681
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
France
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Air France, Aviation, Commercial Airlines, Native American, People, Real, Transportation, Travel
Designed for French audiences, this poster promotes a fantasy version of North America in which tourists can see skyscrapers and pipe-smoking Native Americans living side by side. This visual narrative also implies that Indigenous people are relics of the past, incompatible with modern life. This figure has not evolved since colonial times, his traditions frozen while the surrounding area gave way to progress.
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