Gymnastics / Avignon / Belle Époque / Jousts - Lot 143

Gymnastics / Avignon / Belle Époque / Jousts Poster for a major festival in Avignon on July 20, 21, and 22, 1912, featuring “Music, jousts, a Venetian festival, and gymnastics” Red and blue typographic poster set within an Art Nouveau-style frame. Avignon, printed by E. Béraud. Revenue stamp Under the honorary presidency of Senator Maureau, Representative Pourquery de Boisserin, Prefect Genebrier, and Mayor Louis Valayer. A gathering of some twenty musical societies from the region, including the Enfants du Rhône, jousting rescuers. Program: concert and grand ball, grand parade through the city, grand Venetian festival on the Rhône, and gymnastics festival on Monday, July 22 218 x 110 cm (folded, with small tears and missing sections at the folds)