Apr 24 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2702 -

Sale 2702 - Lot 21

Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

J. BESSON (DATES UNKNOWN)

AEROPOSTAL / AIR MAIL SERVICE. 1930.


31½x23¼ inches, 80x59 cm. Avenir Publicité, Paris.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges; small replaced loss in lower left corner; minor creases in image; painting over accent in title.

"In this design, the silhouetted frigate and the seas upon which it sails are eclipsed by the streamlined fleet of Compagnie Générale Aéropostale aircraft, in essence creating a lithographic dividing line between the antiquated and the modern" (Crouse p. 29). This is the English version.

Crouse p. 28, Affiches de l'Aviation p. 111.