ANTONIUS GUTHSCHMIDT (1887-?)
77 KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART
MAATIJ / THE FLYINGDUTCHMAN. 1924.
39x30 inches, 101x76 cm. Van de Ven, The
Hague.
Condition B+: repaired tears in margins and
image; creases in image.
This image “effectively exploits the myth of the
Flying Dutchman. His wooden ship traverses a
storm-tossed sea while its navigator is called
upon to witness that, with the aeroplane, fiction
has become fact. In other words, the modern
Hollander could indeed fly” (Villard/Allen p.
123). There are at least three variations of this
image, including one entirely in Dutch, down
to the name, “Flying Dutchman” written in Dutch
on the ship. There is a variation in English,
“Royal Dutch Air Service Cy. / Fiction becomes
Fact” and this version in Dutch with the English
name on the ship. The text at the bottom here
translates to “No Myth but Reality.” Modern
Dutch pl 54 (var), Villard/Allen pl. 80, Airline
Artistry p. 35 (var).
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OSKAR LACHS (DATES UNKNOWN)
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PALESTINE AIRWAYS. Circa 1938.
36x23
3
/
4
inches, 91x60
1
/
2
cm. Tel Aviv.
Condition B+: creases and tears along vertical
and horizontal folds. Paper. Matted and framed.
Founded in 1937, when Palestine was still under
British mandate, Palestine Air was the second
oldest carrier in the Middle East. Her initial fleet
consisted of only two aircraft, each a Short S.16
Scion 2, one of which is depicted here. The
company ceased operations in 1940 and its
planes were taken over by the Royal Airforce.
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