New Zealand water color prints, any info?

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PP Pele Paul Member San Dimas, ca Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 724	PP Pele Paul Posted posted on 09/13/2013 found these at an estate sale last night for .25 cents each, the frames were old and glass broken but couldn't beat the price!!! anyone know anything about the artist?? thanks paul
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7122	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on 09/13/2013 They are old menus from Matson cruise lines (Has anyone come across these being used for any other cruise lines?) you can find them printed & unprinted mostly from 1957 to 1967 (general era in use) The menu you bought is "New Zealand by artist Louis Macouillard 1913-1987" more info here http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=5705 Great deal! [ Edited by: Atomic Tiki Punk 2013-09-13 13:30 ]
FT forgotten tikiman Member Forgotten Tiki Room. Pismo Beach, CA Joined: Aug 18, 2011 Posts: 503	FT forgotten tikiman Posted posted on 09/13/2013 Yup! ATP is right. I have the same ones myself. But I have not seen them for another cruise line.
PP Pele Paul Member San Dimas, ca Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 724	PP Pele Paul Posted posted on 09/13/2013 Awesome!!! what a steal!!! now Im Muy happy!!! didn't care other than they were way cool, now Ive got to add them to my collection of Matson travel docs and such from WWII and before!!! just finished putting them in some non-tiki looking frames just so I can hang em up and enjoy them, now Ive just got to get some cool frames, lol thanks for the info and help guys!!!! paul
PP Pele Paul Member San Dimas, ca Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 724	PP Pele Paul Posted posted on 09/13/2013
ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Tiki Socialite Costa Misery Joined: Jul 19, 2009 Posts: 7122	ATP Atomic Tiki Punk Posted posted on 09/13/2013 The New Zealand "Maori Village" menu by "Macouillard" is one of my favorites I double checked & these were commissioned by Matson Cruise Lines so they wouldn't have been used by any other Cruise companies.
S SBJiminyC Tiki Centralite Joined: Aug 30, 2012 Posts: 85	S SBJiminyC Posted posted on 09/13/2013 Wow, what a bargain. I bought one at a paper show in Glendale (for way more than I should have.. ) and it didn't even have the menu on the back. Nice framing job as well, congrats!
V VampiressRN Grand Member (1 year) Sun City Lincoln Hills (NorCal) Joined: Nov 23, 2006 Posts: 6166	V VampiressRN Posted posted on 09/15/2013 So cool to get the quick feedback from ATP so you know what you have. They are very beautifully framed now...I like the matting too. CONGRATULATIONS...they are awesome.
HJ Haole Jim Member central coast metro Chicago Joined: Jul 17, 2009 Posts: 424	HJ Haole Jim Posted posted on 09/15/2013 Tres hip, good score. Thank you for sharing.
PP Pele Paul Member San Dimas, ca Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 724	PP Pele Paul Posted posted on 09/15/2013 thanks everyone!!! I got a call from the folks and they think they have 2 more as part of the set, as well as some cool California coastal photos used by the Dept of Rec. for postcards, seems the lady who passed was a photographer and took lots of coastal photos, sea life, sunsets, beach life and such, so heres keeping my fingers crossed they find the stuff in the garage as they dig through all her stuff. pele paul
PP Pele Paul Member San Dimas, ca Joined: Aug 26, 2008 Posts: 724	PP Pele Paul Posted posted on 09/15/2013 oh they did find this yesterday, so now its in my hall way, just need to get it matted

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