Liberator Cycles & Automobiles. 1899. Pal.54 5/8 x 76 7/8 in./138.7 x 195.3 cmIt’s

Liberator Cycles & Automobiles. 1899. Pal.

54 5/8 x 76 7/8 in./138.7 x 195.3 cm

It’s one of the most famous posters in the world: often copied, often poorly. This is the original – in the original large format of the design – and this one, in particular, has vibrant coloration and exquisite detail that we rarely see. (Note our Valkyrie’s chain-mail miniskirt, with textured rings and metallic shimmer.) Pal’s triumph here is the culmination of the “Bicycle Craze” of the 1890s, which indeed delivered liberation for female riders and sparked the modern women’s rights movement. This is the original large format of the design.

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