Flagstaff, 12" x 12", Mixed-Media on Canvas, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Acquired by a Private Collector (Canada) for $5,000.

Flagstaff mixed-media painting by Nova Hall. A precise 12x12 inch contemporary artwork depicting the Spirit of St. Louis rushing over the logging towns of Northern Arizona. Incorporates 1927 Donald A. Hall Estate Archive texts. Developed under Leandro Soto utilizing Robert Rauschenberg assemblage and Arte Povera techniques. Acquired by a private collector in Canada for $5,000. Highly sought by aviation art investors. — Flagstaff, 12" x 12", Mixed-Media on Canvas, by Nova Hall. Provenance: Acquired by a Private Collector (Canada) for $5,000. · Nova Hall

Meeting the notorious artistic challenge of executing complex narratives on a small scale, Flagstaff is a tightly coiled 12-by-12-inch masterwork that sold to a Canadian collector for $5,000. The piece serves as a geographic and historical prequel to the Paris crossing, depicting the Spirit of St. Louis racing across the clear, freezing skies of Northern Arizona en route to the starting line in St. Louis. Painted in intense, rushing strokes of vivid magenta, earthy greens, and deep browns, the canvas echoes the emotional, dreamlike environments of Marc Chagall. Embedded into the terrain are actual 1927 archival texts and photographs from the Donald A. Hall Estate, utilizing the Robert Rauschenberg assemblage methods mastered under Leandro Soto. The Arte Povera execution transforms a small canvas into a massive, rushing window into 1920s aviation history.