Jan 31, 2008 - Sale 2134

Sale 2134 - Lot 350

Unsold
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
CHARLES RAMBERT GRANDE SEMAINE D'AVIATION. 1910.
51 1/4x36 7/8 inches. Girieud, Rouen.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and losses in margins.
"Rouen was one of the most successful of the early [aviation] meets . . . the beauty, originality, and sly humor of the artist's design [make] it a memorable work of art. Flying past the spires of the cathedral, then under repair, the pilot of a sprightly though improbable-looking monoplane cheerfully salutes two ecclesiastical statues in a niche who throw up their hands in amazement at the miracle of human flight." (Looping the Loop p. 59). Looping the Loop pl. 37.