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The Orient is Hong Kong - "Sunset over Central"

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The Orient is Hong Kong - "Sunset over Central" (1963)

Unknown artist

Printed in Hong Kong for the Hong Kong Tourist Association
Offset Lithograph
59.5cm x 87.5cm
1963
Grade: A-, Near Fine. Linenbacked, several short edge tears restored.
T1878

A dramatic montage style poster issued by the HKTA with numerous Hong Kong landmarks and symbols including a Chinese sailing junk, pagodas, Kowloon Station clock tower, the Star Ferry terminal and City Hall high building and the Hong Kong Bank head office, all set below a blazing sunset. Certainly this was imagery intended to entice visitors to visit “exotic” Hong Kong.

 

 

Ref: Bailey  -  101 Hong Kong Travel Posters, p. 37