Cycling / Zimmermann / Raleigh / Bordeaux - Lot 34

Lot 34
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Cycling / Zimmermann / Raleigh / Bordeaux - Lot 34
Cycling / Zimmermann / Raleigh / Bordeaux Georges Moore (late 19th - early 20th), after "Raleigh of Nottingham, agent for the South West Chas Treps and Co, 3 cours de Tourny, Calcott Bros, Bayliss Thomas". Lithographed canvas poster, illustrated by Zimmermann in the center in color, Imp. A. Bellier, Bordeaux 130 x 98 cm (good condition, slight traces of folding) Arthur Augustus Zimmerman, the American from Camden, is so important that we don't even mention his name for this Bordeaux outing. Desgrange considered him a demigod. This poster evokes one of the summits of world cycling: the invincible Yankee, champion of the Raleigh, but also of Bordeaux and its Parc velodrome. In 1894, Bordeaux eclipsed the Parisian tracks, and Zim was at the top of his game: world amateur title in 1893, hundreds of victories, records in the lap, kilometer and mile. The event of the year was held in Aquitaine: the invincible met the Loste brothers' fiery tandem on September 16 in Bordeaux for the mile of the century. The crowd is on its feet, the blue jersey returns, but the straight is too short: the tandem triumphs by 3/4 of a length. A narrow finish, but a Loste victory. The tricolor flag goes up, Bordeaux is on fire. The event, unique in the annals of racing, is perpetuated by this rare poster; the specialists write that "Zim's defeat is more glorious than his previous victories".
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