Guatemala by Clipper

Year: 1947
Artist: Mark von Arenburg
Size: 42 x 28
Method: Lithograph
 
Notable sales:
eBay, Jun 2013, $4,500
Swann, Nov 2021, $2,400
 
From Swann: "The ancient Temple of the Great Jaguar, at Tikal, shown rising between the snow-capped volcanoes of the Sierra Madre and the 1588 Palacio de los Capitanes Generales, on the Central Square of Antigua Buatemala. Rare."
 
Mark Von Arenburg designed a series of posters in the late 1940s that are very attractive and highly desireable. Some of these posters (e.g. Hawaii and Rio) were printed in different languages for foreign markets. The Von Arenburg posters were the first to use the "By Clipper" tagline which was subsequently continued with a range of posters in the 1950s.