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Grande Semaine d’Aviation / Rouen. 1910.
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Grande Semaine d’Aviation / Rouen. 1910.
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PAI-LIII: Rare Posters
ARTIST
GEORGES VILLA (1883-1965)
Description
Artist: GEORGES VILLA (1883-1965)
Size: 36 1/8 x 48 1/2 in./91.8 x 123.4 cm
Condition: B-/ Restored tears at folds & edges.
Printer: Imp. Emile Wolf, Rouen
Reference: Ref: Affiches de l’Aviation, p. 55; Looping the Loop. 38; Toujours Plus Haut, p. 92; Perier, 83; PAI-XLIX, 32
Grande Semaine d’Aviation / Rouen. 1910.
“Rouen displayed more than one poster to publicize its June meeting of 1910. In addition to the better known version of a pilot saluting the saints as he rounds the city’s famous cathedral [see PAI-XXXVII, A36], there was this striking portrayal by respected artist Georges Villa of what one may assume to be the Spirit of Flight, a robed female figure spreading her wings in emulation of a speeding monoplane. There was no need to remind spectators of the historical significance of Rouen. It was here that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by the English in 1431” (Looping the Loop, p. 59). It’s also interesting to note that while the organizers of the event shortened its length, starting it on the nineteenth rather than the sixteenth of June, this poster fails to note that change which appears on nearly all other known examples.
Size: 36 1/8 x 48 1/2 in./91.8 x 123.4 cm
Condition: B-/ Restored tears at folds & edges.
Printer: Imp. Emile Wolf, Rouen
Reference: Ref: Affiches de l’Aviation, p. 55; Looping the Loop. 38; Toujours Plus Haut, p. 92; Perier, 83; PAI-XLIX, 32
Grande Semaine d’Aviation / Rouen. 1910.
“Rouen displayed more than one poster to publicize its June meeting of 1910. In addition to the better known version of a pilot saluting the saints as he rounds the city’s famous cathedral [see PAI-XXXVII, A36], there was this striking portrayal by respected artist Georges Villa of what one may assume to be the Spirit of Flight, a robed female figure spreading her wings in emulation of a speeding monoplane. There was no need to remind spectators of the historical significance of Rouen. It was here that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by the English in 1431” (Looping the Loop, p. 59). It’s also interesting to note that while the organizers of the event shortened its length, starting it on the nineteenth rather than the sixteenth of June, this poster fails to note that change which appears on nearly all other known examples.
