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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
KEES VAN DER LAAN (1903-1983) LEERT VLIEGEN. 1931. 31 1/4x42 1/4 inches. Kuhn & Zoon, Rotterdam. Condition B/B+: restoration, restored losses and overpainting in corners, some affecting image; repaired tears in image. Van der Laan spent three formative years in Paris, 1924-1927, when French Art Deco was blossoming. His Art Deco sensibilities were further reinforced when, back in Holland, he encountered Cassandre's work for Dutch clients. Van der Laan's posters reflect a versatility with the airbrush and an affinity for transportation in the Machine Age. While most of his posters feature aircraft, this image is even more powerful, more geometric and, thanks to the horizontal format, more dynamic than most. His choice of only two colors, blue for the sky and black and gray for the plane, is brilliant. It is one of the best airplane posters of the period.
