LEMMEL Charles - Lot 374

LEMMEL Charles Drawing attributed to Joé BRIDGE. Motosacoche. 1929. Lithographic poster. Les Ateliers Joé Bridge, Paris. Folded, good condition: one restored tear in the upper part of the poster (7 cm). 60.5 x 40.5 cm "A brilliant invention by young Geneva brothers Henri and Armand Dufaux, Motosacoche is the name of a retractable motor that fits in a saddlebag and can be adapted to any bicycle to make a motorcycle. The patent was filed in 1900. This was followed by the creation of a bicycle and then motorcycle factory in Carouge, which in the 1920s became the biggest employer in the canton of Geneva. The Dufaux brothers went on to develop a passion for car manufacturing and, above all, aviation." NotreHistoire.ch. Motosacoche, from motorized bikes to motorcycles.