Dine on the LNER of 1928 featured a strange dining table on rails and in his To London by Sleeper poster of 1932, Alexeieff portrays a flying engine under a full moon that is reflected in the lake below – an image that in its mystery and muted colours evokes the mood and colouring of his animated films.
This condition A- copy of a rare and important poster sold for $46,000 (£31,080) as part of a May 6 sale of Modernist Posters at Swanns.
Lucien Bernhard’s 1908 poster design for Stiller shoes was revolutionary in its minimalist and stylised way – one object, one word – and it brought many commissions for Bernhard, who seemed to rather like drawing shoes! A condition B+ poster from Berlin, it sold at $9000 (£6080).
Fly LNER to London – Alexeieff’s moonlit sleeper at $46,000
USA: A stage designer for the Ballets Russes, advertising artist, painter and book illustrator, Alexander Alexeieff, is probably best known for his animated cartoons, but in two posters that he designed for LNER he produced surreal images that were unlike anything previously seen on a train poster.
