Artist: Paul George Lawler
Condition: C *
Dimensions: 27.4 x 40.9 in. / 69.5 x 104 cm.
Circa: 1939
Mounted to Japan Paper
* See Condition Grading section for further details
There is considerable restoration in the margins and text areas to address paper loss, with many letters being repainted; toning/staining, most noticeable in the white borders; some areas of discoloration in the white borders; edge and corner wear and tears and some areas of restored loss in the margins; some loss in the bottom left corner area; some light staining and stain spots in image; restoration in upper blue sky and cloud area to the left of the propellor; some other minor areas of restoration in image; notwithstanding its defects, this extremely rare airline travel poster should display rather nicely once framed.
Few posters capture the golden age of travel more perfectly than this. Pan Am's famous Flying Clipper service to Hawaii was the stuff of legend as the world's first transpacific passenger flights. This poster sells the dream in full: lei-draped passengers greeted dockside beneath swaying palms, the gleaming hull of the Honolulu Clipper seaplane towering behind them, the whole scene radiating the glamour and optimism of late 1930s luxury travel.
Pan Am Flying Clipper posters are among the most coveted in the entire vintage travel poster market. They sit at the intersection of aviation history, Hawaiian nostalgia, and Art Deco illustration. Pieces like this consistently outperform at auction and hold their value exceptionally well.