Weightlifting/ Superb canvas poster : "Apollo,... - Lot 206 - Vermot et Associés

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Weightlifting/ Superb canvas poster : "Apollo,... - Lot 206 - Vermot et Associés
Weightlifting/ Superb canvas poster : "Apollo, the king of the athletes..." Is it the real Apollo, alias Louis Uni de Marsillargues (1862-1928), or one of his "disciples" taking advantage of his notoriety thanks to a beautiful athletic resemblance with the model (1m90, 120 kg), one is taken of doubt. What remains is a superb image of the phenomenon as it is, with muscles of iron, and a strong chest that we can guess thanks to a nicely indented red shirt, a handful of strength... Next to him, he shoulders a horse, and a square weight of 80 kg. From his beginnings in 1887, at the Folies Bergère, to his accident in Vichy in 1913, while trying to pull two cars, through his prowess with his 166kkg railway axle (visible at the Musée du Sport), he will be the first king of athletes in France, look-alike or not. Lithograph, Levy, American posters. About 1894. TBE. 105X74
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