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Advertising Poster Cargo Ship Harbour Sete Languedoc Gabriel Couderc - Original vintage art education poster - Cargo Ship in Sete - featuring a bold, expressive mid-century design by the French modernist artist Gabriel Couderc (1905-1994) depicting a port scene in the Mediterranean town of Sete Languedoc showing a man sitting on a quayside by a traditional blue and white fishing boat with a large cargo ship sailing in front of the industrial harbour buildings and cranes below an evening sky, the colours reflected on the calm water. Artwork part of the School Prints project that made high-quality prints of modern art and sent them directly to British schools to brighten up the classrooms and the lives of children after the hard times of World War Two. Printed by The Baynard Press for School Prints Ltd., London. Horizontal. Very good condition, staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: G. Couderc, size (cm): 50x76, year of printing: 1940s.