ANONYMOUS - Lot 415

ANONYMOUS AutoMoto Tricycles, Quadricycles, Voiturettes. Chavanet, Gros, Pichard & Cie St Etienne. Circa 1900. Lithographic poster. Imp. P. Vercasson & Cie, Paris. Uninserted, fair condition: marked median folds, small tears and small tears along folds, some foxing and small tears in margins. Vivid, fresh colors. 150 x 110 cm Bibliography: Laurence Prod'homme. Poster collector. Editions Apogée. Musée de Bretagne. 1996. Page 226: "this brand produced by a Maison Stéphanoise had an existence beyond the Second World War... the illustrator seized on current events, since the character greeting the crowd is none other than Paul Déroulède. Déroulède was sentenced to banishment in 1900 for his attempt to incite General Roget and his troops to sedition".