May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
EDMOND MAURUS (DATES UNKNOWN) CIDNA / FLÈCHE D'ORIENT. 1931.
39 1/2x24 inches, 100 1/2x61 cm. Creation Publix, Paris.
Condition B: repaired tear, restoration and overpainting through top of image; restoration at edges.
Known as the "Arrow of the Orient," the service advertised here connected France with the Far East, offering same-day service for passengers, freight and post. CIDNA (Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aerienne), merged with other French airlines to form Air France in 1933. One of at least two variations; the other has a different map and different text in the bottom margin. Villard / Allen pl. 93, Air France p. 8 (var), Affiches d'Aviation p. 88, Air France / Dream p. 8.