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Lot 21A
Cycles Gladiator. ca. 1895.
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$45,000 - $55,000
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PAI-LXXXIX: Second Chance Posters
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Cycles Gladiator. ca. 1895.
A lithographic masterpiece. Acclaimed as one of the world's greatest posters, this image of a flame-tressed sylph, propelled among the stars by the Gladiator and its winged pedals, has been appropriated throughout culture ever since its debut in 1895. Shockingly, it remains anonymous, despite the presence of the faint initials LW in the lower right corner. Even in the famed 1896 Reims exhibition, it was attributed to "Anonyme."

Size: 54 1/2 x 39 in./138.4 x 99 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Imp. G. Massias, Paris
Reference: Bicycle Posters, 42; Petite Reine, 47; Posters of Paris, 104; Ailes, p. 11; Musée d’Affiche, 22; Reims, 154; PAI-LXXXVII, 45A
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Bicycles