Selling the dream
Subtitle: the art of early New Zealand tourism
By: Peter Alsop, Gary Stewart and Dave Bamford ; foreword by Fran Walsh
Contributors: Stewart, Gary; Bamford, Dave, 1950-
Publisher: Craig Potton Pub.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781877517778
Subjects: Travel posters; Commercial art; History; Graphic arts; Tourism in art; Tourism; Posters; Geographical perception; Pictorial works; Description and travel
Description: Celebrates the remarkable range of tourism posters and other publicity that helped promote New Zealand - both locally and to the world - until the 1960s, before television and colour photography changed the publicity landscape forever. With close to 1000 images and of important essays, Selling the dream is the first dedicated and extensive celebration of this valuable material. The imagery is some of the finest graphic art ever produced in New Zealand"--Jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.