c.1954 From The Tree of Italy Vintage Travel Poster Lucia Autorino Salemme ORIG.

Description

Date: 1955
Artist: Salemme, Lucia Autorino
Size (in): 34.625 x 22.375
Size (cm): 88 x 56.75
Condition: A
Linen backed: No
This intriguing poster titled “From The Tree Of Italy” was created in the mid 1950s by Lucia Autorino Salemme and issued by The Cultural Division of The Italian Embassy in the United States. English language text gives brief biographical information for dozens of eminent and historically important Italians in all fields including scientists and inventors, medicine, artist, theologians, explorers, philosophers, military leaders and more. All of these great sons and daughters of Italy are represented in small portraits adoring a map of Italy. Additional text makes the case that Italy really is the cradle of the modern world. The lower margin indicates “Litho in the U.S.A. by the Bishop Litho Co., Inc. New York”.
This poster is a vintage original which was never hung and is in excellent condition.