Omnisport / Pantheon - Lot 131

Omnisport / Pantheon "Aux Gloires du Sport" (To the Glories of Sport) Exceptional lithograph published by "Le Petit Journal", 1905, canvas-backed. Imp. Charaire (Sceaux) 99 x 121 cm (restorations, traces of humidity) Around the 16 color playlets showing this new world of sports and the most fashionable practices, from wrestling to automobiles, fencing, weightlifting, sailing, French boxing, rowing, aerostation or cycling, all the portraits of the great champions are here, thanks to photographer Branger. Several of the stars of our sale are honored in this veritable Pantheon: Paul Pons, Garin, Jacquelin, Laurent le Beaucairois, Major Taylor, Santos Dumont. With only Madame du Gast (cars) and Annette Kellerman (swimming), the notion of parity does not exist. On the other hand, the international dimension is better respected.