Object Details
Sponsor
Castrol
Pilot
Maurice Rossi, French, 1901 - 1966
Paul Codos, French, 1896 - 1960
Physical Description
Airplane (Bleriot 110, "Joseph le Brix") flies over globe with route marked out, telegram mid-poster with charcoal drawings of two pilots (Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos) above text block. Red, blue and black ink on paper.
Full Text:
Record du Monde de Distance
En Ligne Droite
Plus de 9,000 Km
Par Rossi et Codos
5-7 Aout 1933
avec l'huile Castrol
sur Bleriot-Hispano
Telegram part of image: text of telegram reads: NEWYORK BEYROUTH SANS ESCALE RECORD DU MONDE EN LIGNE DROTE BATTU EN UTILISANT CASTROL STOP LA LUBRIFICATION DE NOTRE MOTEUR COMME TOUJOURS ASSURE PARFAITMENT AVEC VOTRE HUILE = ROSSI CODOS +
Summary
Fly Now: The National Air and Space Museum Poster Collection
Throughout their history, posters have been a significant means of mass communication, often with striking visual effect. Wendy Wick Reaves, the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Curator of Prints and Drawings, comments that "sometimes a pictorial poster is a decorative masterpiece-something I can't walk by without a jolt of aesthetic pleasure. Another might strike me as extremely clever advertising … But collectively, these 'pictures of persuasion,' as we might call them, offer a wealth of art, history, design, and popular culture for us to understand. The poster is a familiar part of our world, and we intuitively understand its role as propaganda, promotion, announcement, or advertisement."
Reaves' observations are especially relevant for the impressive array of aviation posters in the National Air and Space Museum's 1300+ artifact collection. Quite possibly the largest publicly-held collection of its kind in the United States, the National Air and Space Museum's posters focus primarily on advertising for aviation-related products and activities. Among other areas, the collection includes 19th-century ballooning exhibition posters, early 20th-century airplane exhibition and meet posters, and twentieth-century airline advertisements.
The posters in the collection represent printing technologies that include original lithography, silkscreen, photolithography, and computer-generated imagery. The collection is significant both for its aesthetic value and because it is a unique representation of the cultural, commercial and military history of aviation. The collection represents an intense interest in flight, both public and private, during a significant period of its technological and social development.
Credit Line
Bequest of Melvin Buchner
Date
1933
Inventory Number
A20000565000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
ART-Posters, Original Art Quality
Medium
Poster, Aviation Industry
Dimensions
2-D - In Frame (H x W x D): 78.7 x 59.7cm (31 x 23 1/2 in.)
Country of Origin
France
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A20000565000
