eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4c0331 FRENCH NATIONAL RAILROADS linen 25x39 French travel poster 1955 Albert Brenet train art! Date Sold 4/30/2020Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Linenbacked French Travel Poster (measures 24 1/2" x 39 1/4" [62 x 100 cm]) (Learn More) French National Railroads (Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais or S.N.C.F.), the French travel poster ("For traveling in France the railway is the right way"; "Visit France by train"; "Discover France by train") made by the S.N.C.F to encourage travel by the French National Railroad. Each poster features a wonderful image or art of one of the many locations that the railroad visits. The SNCF was founded in 1938 with the nationalization of France's main railway companies. Artist: Albert Brenet Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had a 2" vertical tear and tiny paper loss at top center that had tape on the back, and there was a 4" horizontal piece of tape on the back of the center of the top border, and both of those slightly bled through to the front. There are some small tears and tiny paper loss in the upper left border. There were pinholes and tiny paper loss in the bottom blank border. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The restorer backed the poster "in the European style", meaning that they did not do restoration to the defects described above. Learn More about condition grades
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