Curtiss Seaplane
Object Details
Date
1912
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
17 1/8 x 25 x 25 in. (43.5 x 63.5 cm)
Accession Number
A19772707000
Depicts Curtiss Seaplane in flight over moonlit ocean, 1912.
Inscriptions
"I Purchased this watercolor on the streets of [France--crossed-out] Paris for a Franc. The man told me it was a new model Curtiss Seaplane. / Glenn H. Curtiss / Nov 1912
Curtiss died in 1930. Unclear how long before the estate was dispersed or when the object appeared in the American Institute of Aeronautics collection. If inscription is authentic, this object is cleared based on Curtiss purchase. ALM Aug. 2004.
Museum
4
Subject Type
Paintings