PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS - INDIA & PAKISTAN
Lithograph on Paper
Circa
1949
Size (cms)
69.8 X 104.5
Artist
Charles Bankerville
Charles Bankerville (1896–1994) was an American painter from New York. He initially published his sketches in Scribner’s Magazine (1918) and later wrote and published his artworks for The New York (1919). He later created a series of posters for Pan American Airlines. He also made portraits of famous personalities like Jawaharlal Nehru, Bernard Baruch, William S. Paley, the Duchess of Windsor, and the King of Nepal. His artworks are exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Arts and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Publisher
Pan American World Airways
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
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This poster, created by artist Charles Bankerville, promotes Pan American World Airways flights to India and Pakistan. It features a vibrant illustration of an elephant draped in colorful fabrics, carrying two figures, possibly a Maharaja and his attendant. Above the elephant, a leaping tiger symbolizes adventure or a royal hunt, while two white oxen walk alongside it. In the background, a faint image of the Taj Mahal represents India's cultural heritage.
Founded in 1927, Pan Am operated worldwide until 1991. It provided flights to India from World War II through the 1980s, before ceasing operations on December 4, 1991, due to financial difficulties in the 1980s.
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