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Travel Poster Messageries Maritimes Cargo Shipping Asia Albert Brenet - Original vintage French maritime travel poster advertising the global cruise routes of the French shipping company Messageries Maritimes, featuring a dynamic graphic design by the renowned French artist and official painter of the marine Albert Brenet (1903-2005). The bustling Asian harbour scene depicts a lady in a traditional blue top pulling an oar in the foreground, with traditional wooden riverboats floating alongside a towering, black-and-white ocean liner equipped with heavy cargo cranes in the background, blue lettering below lists exotic travel destinations including Japan, Australia, the Atlantic, the North Sea, and South Africa / Japon, Australie, Atlantique, Mer du Nord, Afrique du Sud. Good condition, staining, minor creasing, backed on old linen. Country of issue: France, designer: Albert Brenet, size (cm): 52x33, year of printing: 1954.