?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
PAUL GEORGE LAWLER (DATES UNKNOWN)
FLYING DOWN TO RIO / IT'S A SMALL WORLD BY PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS. Circa 1938.
40 3/4x27 1/2 inches, 103 1/2x69 3/4 cm. Condition B+ / A-: expert overpainting over repaired tears, small losses and abrasions at edges; minor restoration along creases in margins and image.
A soaring view of Rio de Janeiro's majestic and sprawling Guanabara and Botafogo Bays seen from the top of Mount Corcovado, with a Pan American Sikorsky S-42 (Flying Clipper) even higher in the air. This 24-passenger flying boat made the trip from Miami in 5 days with stops in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Para, Recife etc. Several variations of the poster exist. Pan Am p. 65 (var), Airlines p. 9 (var), Airways p. 50 (var).
