Jan 30, 2003 - Sale 1958

Sale 1958 - Lot 9

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
D. CHARLES FOUQUERAY EXPOSITION DE LOCOMOTION AERIENNE. 1919.
46 1/2x30 3/4 inches. Lapina, Paris.
Condition B: expertly restored losses in top margin and corners; restoration and overpainting in margins; darkened.
Marianne has taken wing, with a torch in one hand and a trumpet in the other heralding an airshow in the year after the First World War ended. Draped in the red, white and blue of the French flag, she is flying amidst airplanes and airships above Paris' Grand Palais. Not in Villard/Allen.