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Fred Ludekens
Mexico1950s

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Vintage travel poster with navy silhouette of a dancer whose billowing skirt frames an aerial illustration of a Mexican coastal resort; red text reads MEXICO / AMERICAN AIRLINES
Designer
Fred Ludekens
United States, California, 1900-1982
Made for
American Airlines
Title
Mexico
Date Made
1950s
Medium
Offset lithography
Dimensions
40 × 29 7/8 in. (101.6 × 75.88 cm)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts and Design Council Acquisition Fund
Accession Number
M.2016.89.1
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915-1985. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2017.

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