May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
THERYE LEE-ELLIOTT (1903-1988) FLY FROM LONDON TO PARIS / IMPERIAL AIRWAYS. Circa 1935.
29 1/2x19 1/2 inches, 75x49 1/2 cm.
Condition B+: creases at edges; abrasions in image. Paper.
The Imperial Airways Speedbird logo is used in a repeating pattern, as if to suggest a sky filled with airplanes. The image is reminiscent of McKnight Kauffer's iconic 1916 image, Flight.