Air India/Rome
Tomi Ungerer
1969
DIMENSIONS
39 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. (99.7 x 62.9 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.6850
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Bharat
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
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While Air-India produced many high-quality posters, it was also famous for its calendars. In 1969, the controversial designer Tomi Ungerer made a series of posters for Air-India that were used to illustrate the airline’s 1971 calendar. Each of these images was accompanied by a witty poem, giving them the feel of a children’s book (a genre for which Ungerer was also known). The poem for this poster included the lines:Haven’t you longed to see Italy?Air-India whisks you to Rome.At the Fountain of Trevi, there’s always a bevyOf coin-tossing tourists from Home.

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