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[AUTOMOTIVE]. GOURSAT, Georges (“Sem”) (1863–1934). [Sem au Bois]. N.p., (Paris?) ca. 1908.
Color lithographic panorama conjoined on six sheets, presented in scroll form on a heavy card rod, with tie (few tiny stains, some paper repairs at ends). Overall size when fully opened, 13 ½ x 354”; 343 x 8,979 mm. The image depicts a long procession of early automobiles interspersed with carriages carrying Parisian aristocrats and even a Maharajah and his sons on the back of an elephant. This is a satirical depiction of members of the Jockey Club de Paris on an outing through the Bois de Boulogne park in Paris, headed to the races at Longchamp.
A RARE PANORAMA by one of the most prominent caricaturists of the Belle Epoque.