TWA Los Angeles c1958 Airline Travel Poster, David Klein

We adore this original TWA Los Angeles travel poster from circa 1958, with superb artwork by David Klein. Searchlights, palm trees, mountains and glowing night-time colour create a seriously glamorous vision of LA. With the Hollywood Bowl lit beneath a starry sky and klieg lights cutting the darkness into bold modernist shapes, it sells Southern California at its most cinematic.

The aircraft shown is a Lockheed L-49 Constellation, one of the great icons of post-war air travel and among the first pressurised airliners adapted for wide commercial use.

In the 1950s, TWA turned travel into fantasy: sleek, modern, exciting and full of possibility. Los Angeles was the perfect subject, with its film-world glamour, sunshine and effortless cool.

David Klein’s TWA posters are mid-century design classics, loved for their punchy colour, clean forms and brilliant sense of place. This LA design is one of his most elegant: stylish, atmospheric and very collectable.

This vintage advertising poster was originally rolled and has now been professionally linen-backed. It is sized 25 x 39 7/8 inches (plus a little more with the linen) and will be sent rolled (unframed).

• Year: c1958
• Poster Type: TWA Travel Poster
• Style:
• Art By: David Klein
• Rolled/Folded/Other: Rolled Linen-backed
• Condition: Near Mint/Mint
• Condition Details: Linen-backed with the tiniest of touch-up on bottom right edge. Looks superb.