?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DESIGNER UNKNOWN FLY PAA TO THE U.S.A. / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS. Circa 1955. 40x25 inches, 102x64 cm. Condition B+: tears, abrasions and staining in margins and image; minor losses at edges and in bottom left corner. Paper. Erected in 1937 on Fifth Avenue as part of Rockefeller Center, Lee Lawrie's two-ton statue of Atlas rises 45 feet into the air. On the shoulder of the giant is an armillary sphere (a skeletal celestial sphere), which rests on a curved beam bearing the symbols of the planets (all except Pluto). The magnificent bronze Art Deco statue remains a prominent and important tourist destination.
