?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
A. ROQUIN (DATES UNKNOWN)
CUNARD WHITE STAR / [QUEEN MARY & QUEEN ELIZABETH]. 1939.
38 3/4x24 1/4 inches, 98 1/2x61 1/2 cm. Nadal, Paris. Condition B+: expertly-repaired tears at top center edge, into text and image; minor repaired tears and restoration in margins.
"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.
![A. ROQUIN (DATES UNKNOWN). CUNARD WHITE STAR / [QUEEN MARY & QUEEN ELIZABETH]. 1939. 38¾x24¼ inches, 98½x61½ cm. Nadal, Paris.](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//423\788423.jpg)
