1955 Ireland Invites You Guus Melai Irish Travel on Linen
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Date: 1953
Artist: Melai, Guus
Size (in): 40 x 25
Size (cm): 101.5 x 63.5
Condition: B
Linen backed: Yes
This delightful poster was created by Guus Melai in the mid 1950s for Fosra Failre, the National Tourist Publicity Organisation of Ireland. A man in a rustic cabled Aran fisherman’s sweater and woolen cap weaves at the seaside while two others carry a wooden boat across a rocky beach. Guus Melai along with his countrymen and fellow graphic artists Piet Sluis, Gerrit van Geldren, Jan de Fouw, Bert van Embden and Gerrit van Geldren were recruited by Aer Lingus and the National Tourist Publicity Organisation in the 1950s and produced a number of wonderful Irish travel posters including this one. The lower margin indicates “Printed in the Republic of Ireland by Browne & Nolan ltd. Dublin F.F. 43/53-15.”
This poster is a vintage original which has been professionally conservation mounted to linen. During the linen backed process a couple small notches off the lower edge and tip of the upper right corner were expertly replaced and a couple short edge tears repaired. The poster displays very nicely and overall condition is very good.
Artist: Melai, Guus
Size (in): 40 x 25
Size (cm): 101.5 x 63.5
Condition: B
Linen backed: Yes
This delightful poster was created by Guus Melai in the mid 1950s for Fosra Failre, the National Tourist Publicity Organisation of Ireland. A man in a rustic cabled Aran fisherman’s sweater and woolen cap weaves at the seaside while two others carry a wooden boat across a rocky beach. Guus Melai along with his countrymen and fellow graphic artists Piet Sluis, Gerrit van Geldren, Jan de Fouw, Bert van Embden and Gerrit van Geldren were recruited by Aer Lingus and the National Tourist Publicity Organisation in the 1950s and produced a number of wonderful Irish travel posters including this one. The lower margin indicates “Printed in the Republic of Ireland by Browne & Nolan ltd. Dublin F.F. 43/53-15.”
This poster is a vintage original which has been professionally conservation mounted to linen. During the linen backed process a couple small notches off the lower edge and tip of the upper right corner were expertly replaced and a couple short edge tears repaired. The poster displays very nicely and overall condition is very good.
