Original vintage travel poster published by ENIT (Italian National Tourist Board) promoting Padua. The design shows the wooden Trojan Horse inside the Palazzo della Ragione, with the Basilica di Sant’Antonio visible in the background. Artwork by Lamberto Barbi and Giorgio Benvignati. English language version. Rare.
Details:
Artist: Lamberto Barbi & Giorgio Benvignati
Title: Padova
Date: 1949
Printer: Barabino & Graeve
Publisher: ENIT
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 27.5 x 39 inches (70 x 100 cm)
A vibrant and highly decorative Italian travel poster created for ENIT (Italian National Tourist Board), showcasing the beauty of Naples. Mario Puppo captures the historic Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino) in the foreground, rendered in bold color and graphic clarity. Beyond, the composition opens to the Bay of Naples with ships in the harbor and the unmistakable silhouette of Mount Vesuvius, gently smoking beneath a clear blue sky. The strong contrasts of green, blue, and warm stone tones give the image both depth and immediacy, making it an excellent example of mid-century Italian tourism design.
Details:
Artist: Mario Puppo (1913–1989)
Title: Napoli
Date: 1954
Printer: Richter & Co., Napoli
Publisher: ENIT (Italian National Tourist Board)
Size: 39 x 25 inches
Condition: Excellent A; professionally linen-backed for preservation and display
A classic post-war Italian travel poster combining architectural heritage, coastal atmosphere, and elegant graphic style—highly sought after by collectors of Mediterranean and ENIT material.
Original vintage travel poster for Air France promoting Rome, Italy, designed by Jacques Nathan-Garamond in 1957. The composition features a stylized architectural arch set against a simplified cityscape, evoking the timeless grandeur of ancient Rome. With a refined post-war graphic approach, Nathan-Garamond reduces classical forms into bold geometric planes, reflecting influences of Bauhaus design and modernist precision. The result is a striking and elegant interpretation of Rome’s historic identity, created for Air France during the golden age of air travel.
Details:
Artist: Jacques Nathan-Garamond
Title: Air France Rome
Date: 1957
Printer: Perceval, Paris
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 24 3/4 x 39 in
Condition: Excellent
Backing: Linen-backed
