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Posted 8 months ago
ho2cultcha
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This looks like a silkscreen and i don't know anything about it. it might not be old, but am not sure. i like it in this frame though. i can't make out the signature either. can you help w/ any info?
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Wonderful!!! Don't know how you find these treasures so consistently! I love this!
Looks like the artist's name is "Leake", though I can't be sure. Follow some Leake's for you to investigate.
http://www.askart.com/AskART/search/Search.aspx?SearchType=Artist&LastName=leake&FirstName=+++++&Action=SubmitArtistButton
thanks mikko. i couldn't find anything resembling this anywhere amongst those or other artists named leake. argh! another aviation mystery goes unsolved...
Hi, ho2cultcha! I wouldn't despair yet.
The Douglas DC-7 pictured was manufactured between 1953-1958, and "United Air Lines" purchased more of them than any other airline, per wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-7
Now, this work of art is meant to showcase the plane. Look at the very careful rendering of the plane's United markings. Everything else is just a prop. So two possible lines of inquiry suggest themselves to me. You could seek answers through a historian of 'United Air Lines' or 'United Airlines'. Or, alternatively, seek answers from an art dealer who specializes in vintage posters. This looks very like some of the 1950's era "United Air Lines" travel ad campaign posters designed by Stan Galli. However, I don't think that you work was by Galli.
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/United-Airlines-San-Francisco-c-1950-Posters_i5121544_.htm
You could contact Debra Clifford at Vintage Poster Works and ask her about your work.
http://www.vintageposterworks.com/pages/about-us
You could contact the United Airlines Historical Foundation, and ask them about your beautiful art work.
http://www.uahf.org/contact.cfm
These are just suggestions. I am confident that you'll find something. I look foward to hearing more about this latest gorgeous artwork of yours! miKKo
Wow! thanks so much mikko! great info. i've written to the UA historical foundation already and i'll let you all know what i figure out. i'm not certain that the print is very old. the typography in the title line makes me think that it's much more recent, but i don't know.