TWA Italy 1950s Travel Airline Poster, David Klein

Original vintage TWA Italy 1950s travel advertising poster featuring a wodnerful design by American artist David Klein. We adore the softly illustrated view of St Mark's Square in Venice.

Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles, soon followed by multiple National routes. Howard Hughes acquired control of TWA in 1939, and after World War II led the expansion of the airline to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, making TWA a second unofficial flag carrier of the United States after Pan Am.

David Klein (1918 – 2005) was an American artist, best known for his influential work in advertising. Although he produced illustrations for Broadway theatrical productions, Hollywood films, the United States Army, and numerous corporate clients, Klein is best remembered for the iconic travel images he created for Howard Hughes and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Between approximately 1955–1965, Klein designed numerous award-winning travel advertisement posters, the bulk for TWA, many of which are now considered emblematic of the 1960s Jet Age. In 1957 New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) added Klein's iconic TWA Times Square poster to its permanent collection.

This vintage movie poster is sized 25 x 40 inches (plus a little more with the linen-backing). It will be sent rolled (unframed).

• Year: 1950's
  
• Poster Type: Travel
• Style: 
• Art By: David Klein
  
• Rolled/Folded/Other: Linen-backed
• Condition: Near Mint
• Condition Details:  Originally rolled. Just light handling on edges.  Professionally conservation linen backed.