• Type 
    Automobilia
  • Lot number 
    1
  • Location
    France

Description

Lithographic poster signed G. Gaudy top right.
Lith. J.E Goossens, Bruxelles - Lille, 1906. "Pneu Jenatzy, 10 rue Stéphenson , Bruxelles".
Framed and glazed. Missing pieces and fold marks.
122 x 86 cm

Camille Jenatzy (the Red Devil) enjoyed great success building and driving race cars around the turn of the century. He took over his father's tyre business with his brother and commissioned Gaudy to design a poster for the company, showing him winning the 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup in his Mercedes.

Bibliograhy:"Les 100 plus belles images du pneu" by D.Bordet and J.Dreux. Editions Dabecom, 2003. Poster reproduced in full on page 52.


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