Image 1 of 🌴 Lufthansa Bahamas – c. 1970s – Original vintage A1 Poster | Otl Aicher | 84.1 × 59.4 cm
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🌴 Lufthansa Bahamas – c. 1970s – Original vintage A1 Poster | Otl Aicher | 84.1 × 59.4 cm

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🌴 Lufthansa Bahamas – c. 1970s – Original A1 Poster [Germany] Aerial modernism from Lufthansa’s Ulm‑school identity, selling the dream of the Caribbean | Offset lithograph | 84.1 × 59.4 cm | Germany 🎬 Introduction An expansive, edge‑to‑edge aerial photograph of the Bahamian cays renders the sea as abstraction: reef pinks, sand bars, and shifting turquoise depths dissolve into a cinematic gradient from pale shoals to open ocean. Typography is reduced to essentials—the confident Lufthansa wordmark anchored along the lower margin, paired with the circle‑crane roundel—so the destination itself becomes the message. This is classic jet‑age communication refined in the Otl Aicher/Ulm‑school era: photography as headline, clarity as luxury, and the implied window‑seat vantage that promises altitude, ease, and distance. The Bahamas subject adds sun‑bleached escapism, while the restraint of the layout keeps it firmly in modernist territory. ✨ Why It Matters Lufthansa’s 1960s–70s destination series helped codify the International Style in corporate travel graphics: quiet grids, neutral type, and saturated, high‑fidelity photography. Collectors prize these for their disciplined Aicher‑era brand system and for their crossover appeal—aviation history, Modernist identity, and mid‑century travel photography in one object. Issued as working A1 agency posters for ticket offices and lounges, they were pinned, handled, and replaced; near‑mint survivors are notably scarce. The Bahamas image reads beautifully at domestic scale—its abstracted sandbanks and tonal sea make it unusually display‑friendly while remaining unmistakably jet‑age and authentic to the campaign. 📐 Poster Details - Year: c. 1970s - Country: Germany - Size: 84.1 × 59.4 cm - Format: A1 - Studio / Publisher: Lufthansa German Airlines - Designer: Otl Aicher 🔎 Condition Near‑mint example with strong, saturated color and clean margins—well above the norm for agency‑used airline posters. Shipped safely rolled in a sturdy tube for archival framing.
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ConditionExcellentColorsTurquoise, MintMaterialPaperNumber of items1OrientationPortraitArt sizeMediumHeight84 cmWidth59 cm

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