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Swissair – The quickest way to go abroad
Artist: Henri Ott
Year: 1948
Size: 102 x 64 cm / 40.2 x 25.2″
Price:
CHF1300
About this poster
In 1946, Swissair ordered the first four-engine DC-4, which landed in Geneva from New York. In the same year, airline traffic started being moved from Dübendorf to Kloten, although the new Zurich-Kloten airport was only inaugurated in 1953. This lovely and historically important original poster was created by Henri Ott in 1948 to promote Swissair’s DC-4 with the slogan “the quickest way to go abroad - Swissair”.
Artist: Henri Ott
Henri Ott was born in Zurich in 1919. From 1935 to 1938 he apprenticed as a sign writer and then studied at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts until 1939. He had a long career as a freelance graphic designer. From the late 1940s he designed many posters for Swissair advertising its various travel destinations. After retiring, Henri Ott became a painter and worked in various techniques. He died in 2009 in Endinge... more
Henri Ott was born in Zurich in 1919. From 1935 to 1938 he apprenticed as a sign writer and then studied at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts until 1939. ...
Poster details
- Poster No.: 3085
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- Company: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-Aktiengesellschaft, Swissair, Kloten, CH
- Brand:SWISSAIR
- Printer: Bollmann Jacques AG Zürich
- Country:
- Size: 102 x 64 cm / 40.2 x 25.2″
- Printing technique:Litho-Offset
- Condition:
A
Excellent condition. Picture preserved completely. - Category:
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- Publications:Conquering the skies in Swiss poster art
- Price:
CHF1300
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