Studio Peso - En train au ZOO d'Anvers - 1950s

Two different advertising posters from the 1950s for the Antwerp Zoo:

1) Original poster (offset lithography), dated circa 1950. The advertising studio Peso was commissioned in the early 1950s to create several standout posters promoting a special train day to Antwerp Zoo at a special fare.
The typical fifties design language is immediately noticeable. It is said that the young eastern lowland gorilla 'Gust' is depicted here, then the crowd's favorite par excellence.
Design: Studio Publi Peso
Dimensions: 100 cm high x 62 cm wide
Condition A: slight creases at the top, otherwise in integral good condition.
Print: N.V. 'Lithocart' Antwerp
Shipping: rolled in a sturdy tube with track & trace.
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2) Original advertising poster (offset lithography), companion to 1), also dated early 1950s. The creatives from Publi Peso fully go the playful route with this 'portrait' of a young gray seal looking candidly and curiously into the lens.
Both posters indeed form a diptych and were pasted separately or close to each other in the stations. The firm 'Publifer' (PUBlicité FERroviaire, subsidiary of the National Company of the Belgian Railways (NMBS)) made use of a standardized poster format to fit into its own display cases. The two posters were released in three language versions: Dutch, French and English.

Shipping: rolled in a sturdy tube with Bpost track & trace or Bpost International.
Disclaimer: We do not ship to the USA and Canada.