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Semaine d’Aviation / Caen. 1910.
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Semaine d’Aviation / Caen. 1910.
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ARTIST
M. DESSOURES
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Description
Artist: M. DESSOURES
Size: 39 1/4 x 55 1/2 in./99.7 x 141 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Lith. Ch. Valin, Caen
Reference: Affiches d'Aviation, p. 57; Perier, p. 84; PAI-LXXXIX, 34
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Aviation
Semaine d’Aviation / Caen. 1910.
Just imagine: it's midsummer in 1910, and nothing is sexier than watching those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines from the top of the Église Saint-Pierre in Caen. Over 60,000 spectators a day took in the spectacle (though few, supposedly, from this vantage point), which included "competitive events between 'civilians' and 'servicemen'" (Affiches d'Aviation, p. 57) in hot-air balloons and rudimentary flyers in the infancy of the aviation age.
Size: 39 1/4 x 55 1/2 in./99.7 x 141 cm
Condition: A.
Printer: Lith. Ch. Valin, Caen
Reference: Affiches d'Aviation, p. 57; Perier, p. 84; PAI-LXXXIX, 34
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Aviation
Semaine d’Aviation / Caen. 1910.
Just imagine: it's midsummer in 1910, and nothing is sexier than watching those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines from the top of the Église Saint-Pierre in Caen. Over 60,000 spectators a day took in the spectacle (though few, supposedly, from this vantage point), which included "competitive events between 'civilians' and 'servicemen'" (Affiches d'Aviation, p. 57) in hot-air balloons and rudimentary flyers in the infancy of the aviation age.
