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Motocycles Comiot

Poster
1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph poster advertising motorcycles depicting a woman in a red blouse and long black checked skirt, calmly riding a motorcycle through an agitated flock of geese. A village can be seen in the background with an elderly couple working in the fields. They look up in surprise at the passing motorcyclist.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleMotocycles Comiot (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Lithograph by Theophile Steinlen: Motocycles Comiot. France, 1899.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster advertising motorcycles depicting a woman in a red blouse and long black checked skirt, calmly riding a motorcycle through an agitated flock of geese. A village can be seen in the background with an elderly couple working in the fields. They look up in surprise at the passing motorcyclist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 196.5cm
  • Width: 140.5cm
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • The following excerpt is from Abdy, Jane. The French Poster: Chéret to Cappiello. London: Studio Vista, 1969, p.106: 'It was Verneau who printed Motocycles Comiot. This is the most amusing of all the bicycle posters. In mood, it is similar to Chéret's 'Benzo-Moteur', with its light-hearted attitude to the difficulties of traffic. It is a more impressive work than Forain's poster for the Deuxieme Salon de Cycle', five years earlier; but Forain, though he designed several posters, is an artist who always worked best on a small scale.'
  • Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1962
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.562-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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