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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ALAIN PERCEVAL (DATES UNKNOWN) AIR FRANCE / PROVENCE BREGUET 763. 1953. 29 3/4x43 inches, 75 1/2x109 cm. Perceval, Paris. Condition B+: repaired tear through left margin, extending into image; repaired tears and restoration at edges. The Breguet 763 was unofficially known as the Deux-Ponts (Double Decker). The aircraft was in service from 1953-1958, primarily for flying between Paris' Le Bourget airport to Provence and Algiers. This image is one of four airplane portrait posters, each against a monochromatic, illustrated world map background, designed by Perceval for Air France in 1953; the others were a de Haviland Comet, a Vickers Viscount and a Lockheed Super Constellation.
