Mary-Jane Ronin - The United States: the land and the people - 1950s

Original advertising poster for land and peoples of North America (offset lithography) with guide to the United States pavilion (reverse side) at the 1958 World Exhibition in Brussels.
Design: Mary-Jane Ronin (1912 - 1992)
Printed in the Netherlands.
Condition B+: normal horizontal and vertical crease marks. Small closed margin tear at the bottom left. Image overall intact. Fresh and bright colors.
Shipping: folded as originally issued in a secured envelope with track & trace or Bpost International.

Mary [Jane] Ronin, THE UNITED STATES The Land and the People.
Offset lithograph printed recto and verso, 18 7/8 inch high x 27 inch width.

Colorful and upbeat pictorial map of the United States celebrating the “great diversity in its land and its people.” Published by the Department of State for the United States pavilion at the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, better known as Expo 58.
“A rare “souvenir” promotional map issued in connection with the Brussels Universal and International Exhibition of 1958. The map, by Mary-Jane Ronin, focuses on America as a multi-national, multi-cultural nation.
“The map is covered with pictorial images of historical sites and Americans working and playing. Labels on each state show the principal national origins of the residents, for example, Danish, Dutch and German in South Dakota. Across the top are eight figures in stereotypical native clothing (kilt, sombrero, wooden shoes). On the verso is a guide map to the exhibits in the United States Pavilion.
Artist Mary-Jane Ronin studied art at Omaha University. At the age of twenty-five, she started working at the advertising art department of Bloomingdale’s. From Bloomingdale’s, she moved to Young and Rubicam, where she took a position as an art director, one of the first female art directors in New York.