Credit Lyonnais Vintage Poster for French North and West Africa, 1956 by Boucher

This is an original promotional poster commissioned by the historic French banking institution Credit Lyonnais in 1956 and illustrated by the renowned master of pictorial maps, Lucien Boucher.  It provides a rchcly detailed and vibrant decorative vision of northwest and west Africa.  Rather than presenting a conventional geographical map, Boucher typically illustrates vast landscapes, wildlife, imagined indegenous scenes and regional architectures as well as historical transport.

Artist: Lucien Boucher

Dimensions: 104.5 cm x 76 cm

Year of Publication: 1945

Country of Origin: France

Printer: Perceval Paris.

Print type: Offset Lithograph.

Condition: Good, unbacked, two cuts which may have been the result of previous folds, and some wear and damage to the edges which would be hidden if framed or linen-backed.