#american cycles

Cycles Americains. 1894. Emile Clouet.

51 x 72 ½ in./129.5 x 184.2 cm

Brash and bursting, Clouet’s poster for Cycles Americains certainly plays up the cultural characteristics of New Worlders for dramatic effect. The young woman busts through the canvas in her New York bike with a great shout of “Look at me!” And so we do, as it’s impossible to take one’s eyes off the action, which comes at you head-on.

Available at auction February 25, 2018.