487
487
1910 54½ h × 38¼ w in (138 × 97 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
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.
Lith. Ch. Valin, Caen
literature: Affiches d'Aviation, p. 57; Perier, p. 84; PAI-XCII, 49
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