A Compra da Louisiana, Nova Orleans, Estados Unidos (The Louisiana Purchase) - Mort Künstler

A Compra da Louisiana, Nova Orleans, Estados Unidos (The Louisiana Purchase) - Mort Künstler
Nova Orleans, Estados Unidos
Coleção privada
Guache sobre papel - 30x35 - 1986

The present work depicts the moment when, on December 20, 1803, the American flag was hoisted in New Orleans marking the annexation to the United States of the vast area stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains included in the Louisiana Purchase. It was featured on a commemorative first day cover commissioned by Fleetwood Division of Unicover Corporation.