?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
A. ROQUIN (DATES UNKNOWN) CUNARD / WHITE STAR / [QUEEN MARY & QUEEN ELIZABETH.] Circa 1938. 40x25 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x64 cm. Publimp-Nadal, Paris. Condition A-: sharp crease through lower left corner, affecting image; light creases in margins and image. "To announce the launch of the Cunard White Star line's biweekly luxury liner service between New York and Cherbourg, Roquin created this handsome composition, visually equating two behemoths of the sea . . . with one of the ultimate symbols of the Art Deco era, the Chrysler Building . . . the New York City skyline in the background creates the illusion of a giant anchor" (Crouse p. 239). Weallans p. 173, Crouse p. 239.
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