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Backed on cotton canvas and Canson acid-free paper
In 1966, Air France commissioned George Mathieu to produce a series of posters promoting the main destinations of the airline's vast worldwide network.
Mathieu's compositions captured the essence of each destination, enabling people to identify the countries represented at a glance. Sixteen original posters were published the following year and presented at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
With his blue-white-red strokes evoking the colours of the French flag as much as those of the American flag, Mathieu suggests a trajectory between the words Air France and USA, while evoking the skyscrapers of major American cities. He uses a process called ‘tubism’, which involves applying the paint to the canvas directly from the tube.
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