A.W. BAYLIS (DATES UNKNOWN) ZIMBABWE / THE RIDDLE OF RHODESIA? 1938. 38 3/4x24 1/2 inches, 98 1/2x62 1/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears at top edge, into image; small tears and losses in margins; restoration over skinning in left border; creases in margins and image. Paper. Under a midnight-blue sky, an African man holds a rock from the ancient stone village of Great Zimbabwe; he quite literally touches his nation's past, as ghost-like historical figures look down on him from the surrounding stone structures. Little is known about Baylis, who designed at least four posters relating to tourism in Rhodesia.
A.W. BAYLIS (DATES UNKNOWN) ZIMBABWE / THE RIDDLE OF RHODESIA? 1938. 38 3/4x24 1/2 inches, 98 1/2x62 1/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears at top edge, into image; small tears and losses in margins; restoration over skinning in left border; creases in margins and image. Paper. Under a midnight-blue sky, an African man holds a rock from the ancient stone village of Great Zimbabwe; he quite literally touches his nation's past, as ghost-like historical figures look down on him from the surrounding stone structures. Little is known about Baylis, who designed at least four posters relating to tourism in Rhodesia.
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