Pierre Boucher, Exposition le Train de l'Europe. Circa 1951.
Pierre Boucher
1908-2000
Exposition le Train de l'Europe. Circa 1951.
Condition B: tears, repaired tears, losses and creases in margins; creases, printer's creases and abrasions in image. Two-sheets, unattached. Paper.
"The Train of Europe" was an exhibition organized through the Marshall Plan in post-war Europe that was intended to highlight the value of a united Europe from an economic and democratic view point. Actually exhibited in train cars that travelled around the continent, "The train cars were filled with information on the advantages of cooperation between European countries, the commercial and cultural connections between Europe and America, and the need for increases in productivity. This exhibition on rails traveled across Europe and received 5 million visitors – including, according to the organization's press releases, 830,000 visitors in Berlin, many of whom were from the Russian zone (The Times, 1952).
The designer of the exhibition was Peter Harnden, a modernist architect.
47x62½ inches, 119½x158¾ cm.
Pierre Boucher
1908-2000
Exposition le Train de l'Europe. Circa 1951.
Condition B: tears, repaired tears, losses and creases in margins; creases, printer's creases and abrasions in image. Two-sheets, unattached. Paper.
"The Train of Europe" was an exhibition organized through the Marshall Plan in post-war Europe that was intended to highlight the value of a united Europe from an economic and democratic view point. Actually exhibited in train cars that travelled around the continent, "The train cars were filled with information on the advantages of cooperation between European countries, the commercial and cultural connections between Europe and America, and the need for increases in productivity. This exhibition on rails traveled across Europe and received 5 million visitors – including, according to the organization's press releases, 830,000 visitors in Berlin, many of whom were from the Russian zone (The Times, 1952).
The designer of the exhibition was Peter Harnden, a modernist architect.
47x62½ inches, 119½x158¾ cm.
