Air France Afrique Occidentale by Brenet, 1949

Rare illustration for Air France, from 1949, for Afrique Occidental, the colonial union of eight French territories over 4,747,000 km and extending from Niger and Mauritania in the north to Togo, Benin, and the Cote d'Ivore in the south with Dakar serving as the administrative capital.  The poster displays two West African hunters in a pirogue following a successful hunt and a Douglas DC-4 flying over a village scene.  The striking image references the exotic bounty of the colony to promote the area.

Size: Image measures 39" x 24" (99cm x 61cm)

Artist: Albert Brenet (1903 - 2005), printed by Perceval

Print type: Offset Litho

Condition: Very Good (unbacked).