Le Maroc Map - Morocco

This poster was created in the early 1950's by the talented designer, Lucien Boucher. Air France had been commissioning Boucher for over 10 years to create a series of maps ( known as planispheres) to show their routes throughout the world. These designs utilized a series of small caricatures of destinations around the globe to attract the viewers eye as well as to depict the destinations of the airline. This particular poster was commissioned by the Moroccan Government to promote tourist travel throughout the country. In it Lucien Boucher cleverly used his style as well as gold metallic ink accents to highlight the interesting areas in Morocco. There is even a hand signed dedication and signature by Lucien Boucher in the lower right corner in the margin that has smudged over time. Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) was a French graphic designer and illustrator most known to collectors for his many beautiful Air France travel posters. Boucher got his start as a cartoonist for the French hum