Imperial Airways Advertisement by Lewitt-Him

Imperial Airways - To Africa, India, The Far East, Australia,' British pre-Second World War advertisement for Imperial Airways by Lewitt-Him. The poster features two male figures, wearing safari outfits, in an exotic location surrounded by palm trees. They are looking up to the sky and pointing towards a twin engine aircraft. Imperial Airways was a company created as a result of the amalgamation of all the existing aircraft companies in Britain in 1924, following the advice of the Hambling Committee in 1923. Imperial Airways conducted routes within Europe and further afield, including the Far East, South Africa and Australiasia. Imperial Airways was further merged with British Airways to become the British Overseas Airways Corporation in 1939. Lewitt-Him was a collaborative design partnership between Jan LeWitt and George Him, two Polish artists. Their work was used extensively by the Polish Government and during the Second World War, they enjoyed 'marked success' for their posters in Britain., offset lithograph on paper, (49.5 x 31.5 cm) (overall). Provenance: Australian War Memorial, Canberra (deaccession).