G. POULAIN
Lot number
76
Estimated price
700
1000
Description
G POULAIN
‘G. Poulain 1905 – 06 Champion du Monde’
Lithographic poster printed by: P. Vercasson & Cie, 43 Rue de Lancry, Paris
Artist: A. Gallice (France, 19th/20th century)
Dated: 1906
Size: 189 x 129.5 cm.
Materials/Media: Original lithographic poster, linen backed
Provenance: The Boskovštejn Bike Museum, Czech Republic.
Note: Gabriel Poulain (1884 – 1953) was a French champion cyclist. He made several attempts to achieve human-powered flight and in July 1921 won a prize of 10,000 francs awarded by Peugeot for a flight of ten meter at a height of one meter, on a bicycle with two wing planes in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.
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