The poster advertises Air France's Paris to Tokyo route and greets it with a branch of cherry blossom. Designer unknown.
On the poster
A cherry blossom branch fills the upper third in blush pink and white, its dark gnarled limbs cutting across a charcoal gradient sky. A silver-grey Lockheed Constellation banks just below the headline, the Air France Winged Horse emblem visible at its tail. Below, an amber and terracotta panorama opens out: a winding blue river bordered by willows, traditional red-roofed buildings on the left, snow-capped Mount Fuji at centre background and, in the lower right foreground, the vermilion eave of a lacquered pagoda.
At the foot, "PARIS – TOKIO" is set in broad white capitals, with the old French spelling.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

