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Cycles Locomoto.
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Cycles Locomoto.
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PAI-LXXVII: Rare Posters
Live Bidding began Feb 24, 2019 at 11:00 AM EST
ARTIST
GYPÉ
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Artist: GYPÉ
Size: 45 1/4 x 29 3/4 in./115 x 75.5 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight tears at edges.
Printer: Publicité Wall, Paris
Reference: Ref: PAI-LXXI, 5
Key Words: Bicycles; Art Nouveau; By Air, Land, or Sea
Cycles Locomoto.
One of the more bizarre cycling posters we've encountered, Cycles Locomoto "crushes its competitors by its qualities." It's certainly an odd form of re-cyclery, to abuse the pun: Locomoto crushes inferior cycles underneath its steam-engine wheels, then uses the broken bike frames to fuel Locomoto, which expels as steam Locomoto Cycles—surreptitiously commenting on the transportation competition between bikes and trains, while using "caught on the train tracks" terror tropes to arrest the viewer's attention. Truly loco.
Size: 45 1/4 x 29 3/4 in./115 x 75.5 cm
Condition: A-/ Slight tears at edges.
Printer: Publicité Wall, Paris
Reference: Ref: PAI-LXXI, 5
Key Words: Bicycles; Art Nouveau; By Air, Land, or Sea
Cycles Locomoto.
One of the more bizarre cycling posters we've encountered, Cycles Locomoto "crushes its competitors by its qualities." It's certainly an odd form of re-cyclery, to abuse the pun: Locomoto crushes inferior cycles underneath its steam-engine wheels, then uses the broken bike frames to fuel Locomoto, which expels as steam Locomoto Cycles—surreptitiously commenting on the transportation competition between bikes and trains, while using "caught on the train tracks" terror tropes to arrest the viewer's attention. Truly loco.
