Oct 18, 2013 - Sale 2326

Sale 2326 - Lot 80

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
PAUL C. ERKELENS (1912-?) KLM / 3 SERVICES A WEEK. Circa 1938.
38 1/2x25 1/4 inches, 98x64 cm.
Condition B+: tapes stains in margins and in corners; archival tape on verso; tears at edges, some affecting image. Paper.
A superb photomontage image of a DC 3, which KLM began flying in 1936. In 1938, they expanded their Oceanic route to include Sydney. Erkelens designed many posters for KLM but this is his only photomontage. English version. Airlines p. 61 (var).