ALEXANDRE GERARD DIT GERAL (1914 -1974) Air France Aéromaritime Chromolithograph. Not canvas-backed. Imp. Océa, Paris. Signed lower left. 98x61cm (Good condition. Tears and thumbtack holes on edges). The small format is enclosed. Bibliography: - Quand l'affiche faisait de la réclame! L'affiche française de 1920 à 1942 - Musée national des Arts et traditions populaires, RMN, 1991. Our poster reproduced on page 119 under number 89. - Jérôme Peignot - Affiches - Posters Air France - 1933-1983, Hazan, Paris, 1988. Our poster reproduced on page 28.

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