1968 Boom - Skibatics in Colorado
By: The Looart Press
Date: 1968 (printed) Colorado Springs
Dimensions: 21 x 30 inches (53.5 x 76.25 cm)
This is an original 1960s vintage poster of a skier in Colorado. The poster shows a skier in a red jacket performing a stunt from a low angle. At the top of the print is the title text “BOOM” in an uppercase sans serif font, and at the bottom is the subtext “ski-batics in colorado” in a lowercase sans serif font.
With beautiful coloring and fine composition, this vintage print of the Aspen ski area is a beautiful example of a 1960s travel poster.
Looart was founded in 1947 by Orin Loo out of the family garage, whom had early success creating greeting cards. Orin's wife Miriam then started a company called Current that sold “Post-A-Notes” in bulk to local churches advertising them as a fundraising item. In the 1960s Orin and Miriam’s sons, Dusty and Gary merged the two companies to for the Looart Press which would produce remarkable travel posters and prints among other items until the business sold in 1987 for $115 million.
Condition: Poster is in A+ condition, stored for decades with no bends, folds, tears, or holes. The condition of this poster can easily be described as like-new, museum quality.
Inventory #92025
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