Set Reminder2023-04-30 11:00:002023-04-30 11:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : VINTAGE POSTERS, FINE AND OUTSIDER ART, MID-CENTURY MODERN, JEWELRY, OBJECTS https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/freedom-auction-company/vintage-posters-fine-and-outsider-art-mid-century-modern-jewelry-objects-12608 PRESENTING FINE ESTATE ITEMS INCLUDING VINTAGE POSTERS, FINE ART, OUTSIDER ART, JEWELRY, MID-CENTURY MODER, OBJECTS.Freedom Auction Company info@freedomauctions.com
BENZO-MOTEUR, C.1900, WITH ILLUSTRATION BY JULES CHERET (FRENCH, 1836-1932). IN 1900 CARS WERE STILL MUCH OF A HOBBY FOR THE VENTURESOME. THAT MEANT MOSTLY MEN, BUT CHERET SHOWS ONE DARING YOUNG WOMAN AT THE WHEEL IN THE FOREGROUND AND ANOTHER IN THE BACKGROUND IMAGE. REPRESENTS ONE OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN BRANDS OF GASOLINE SOLD AT THE TIME IN CANISTERS AT GENERAL AND HARDWARE STORES. POSTER IS CONSERVATION BACKED TO MUSEUM STANDARDS BEFORE FRAMING. ALL GLAZING WITH PLEXIGLASS TO PROTECT IMAGES FROM DAMAGE AND THE POSTER IS NOT GLUED DOWN OR OTHERWISE PERMANENTLY ALTERED IN ANYWAY. PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED WITH GILT FRAMING. OVERALL, 40"X55". SIGHT, 34"X48". CONDITION A.