The Great Levante in Wellington, 1941
Opera House Wellington, The Great Levante … Hows Tricks, 1941, Chromolithograph, on poster 691 x 470 mm (cropped)), Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: Eph-D-CABOT-Magic-1941-01
This event may have served as an escape from thoughts of war. The design continues the trend of posters of the 1930s which tended to be full of saturated colour.
The Great Levante dominates this lively montage of fantastical vignettes, at the top of a diagonal column of fire at top right. The fire rises from a cauldron at bottom left, held by two devils. And at lower right, two devils shoot a young woman out of a cannon through a screen while rabbits and geese run away. Towards the top left, Levante shoots through two devils and a young woman, at the target.
Other motifs include a guillotine, glasses and tumblers, playing cards, a skeleton, a woman in a glass case, bell, dovecote, bats and owls.
The Great Levante in Wellington, 1941
Opera House Wellington, The Great Levante … Hows Tricks, 1941, Chromolithograph, on poster 691 x 470 mm (cropped)), Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: Eph-D-CABOT-Magic-1941-01
This event may have served as an escape from thoughts of war. The design continues the trend of posters of the 1930s which tended to be full of saturated colour.
The Great Levante dominates this lively montage of fantastical vignettes, at the top of a diagonal column of fire at top right. The fire rises from a cauldron at bottom left, held by two devils. And at lower right, two devils shoot a young woman out of a cannon through a screen while rabbits and geese run away. Towards the top left, Levante shoots through two devils and a young woman, at the target.
Other motifs include a guillotine, glasses and tumblers, playing cards, a skeleton, a woman in a glass case, bell, dovecote, bats and owls.