Original Tourism Poster, Maurice Fiévet, Fraissinet and Cyprien Fabre Navigation Company, Transport, Travel, Cruise, West Africa, Marseille, Pointe Noire, Ship, Boat, Liner, c.1960

Artist: Maurice Fiévet (1921 – 1997)
Title: Fraissinet and Cyprien Fabre Navigation Company – The West Coast of Africa from Marseille to Pointe Noire
Date: circa 1960
Dimensions (lxh): 62 x 100 cm
Printer: Imp. Robaudy Cannes
Materials and techniques: color lithograph on paper
Marouflage: yes
Condition: A (Refers to a poster in very good condition. The colors are fresh and there is little or no paper loss. If there are imperfections they are marginal and imperceptible)
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Additional information:
Maurice Fiévet, born in the United States in 1921, was a French adventurer and genre painter specializing in the ethnography of Africa and Cambodia.

Poster for the Compagnie de Navigation Fraissinet et Cyprien Fabre created by Maurice Fiévet in 1950 to promote maritime tourism between France and the West African coast.

The Fraissinet Shipping Company was founded in January 1836 in Marseille by Marc Constantin Fraissinet. In 1964, the Fraissinet Company was bought by the Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Réunis, acquired at the same time as another Marseille company, the Société Générale des Transports Maritimes (SGTM).

Cyprien Fabre was a French shipowner from one of the richest merchant families in Marseille. In 1868, he created a trading and arms business in the form of a limited partnership named Cyprien Fabre & Cie.

In 1955, the General Steam Navigation Company Cyprien Fabre & Cie turned to the National Navigation Company of Jean Fraissinet to form the Fraissinet and Cyprien Fabre Navigation Company.

The poster shows the liner "Jean Mermoz" in the background, while in the foreground, locals sell fresh fish and fruit on the port. There are pirogues at the foot of the liner.
The "Jean Mermoz", a legendary liner from the 1960s, was launched on November 17, 1956 at the Dubigeon shipyards in Saint Nazaire. Built for the Fraissinet and Cyprien Fabre company. It bears the name of Jean MERMOZ, a famous fighter pilot and friend of the company's founder.
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