ALLEGORICAL MAP. NORWEGIAN ARTIST OLIVER NEERLAND'S STRANGE MAP OF THE WORLD IN 1949.
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Map of the world. Neerland, Oliver, Norwegian artist and cartographer, (1881-1960). A highly distinctive coloured and lithographed world map (image map) created by Norwegian artist Oliver Neerland in 1949, a few years after the end of World War II. Published by Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, 1949. The map shows North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and is filled with figurative scenes, historical and fictional: monuments, art, airplanes, ships, etc. The western half of the world bathes in light, the eastern one with the Soviets is shrouded in obscurity - a kind of allegory of the state of the world. The map measures approx. 130 cm. x 190 cm. Done on paper and promoted on fabric. Rolled with metal tubing and metal buckles at each end.
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Some stain on the back. Map in good condition.
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Map of the world. Neerland, Oliver, Norwegian artist and cartographer, (1881-1960). A highly distinctive coloured and lithographed world map (image map) created by Norwegian artist Oliver Neerland in 1949, a few years after the end of World War II. Published by Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, 1949. The map shows North America, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and is filled with figurative scenes, historical and fictional: monuments, art, airplanes, ships, etc. The western half of the world bathes in light, the eastern one with the Soviets is shrouded in obscurity - a kind of allegory of the state of the world. The map measures approx. 130 cm. x 190 cm. Done on paper and promoted on fabric. Rolled with metal tubing and metal buckles at each end.
Text in Cyrillic.Show more
Condition
Some stain on the back. Map in good condition.
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April Book Auction
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Time, Location
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