Antique Georges Meunier ‘automobile V Horse Cart’ Old V New Poster – Ader Cars

This is just a great original piece. I was lucky enough to pick up an incredible collection of early 20th century european graphic arts and posters. I love this work and find them to be getting rarer and rarer. In fact the ones I am offering are some of the only examples that I have been able to find of the print. This is one of those examples. This is an incredible print by important french poster artist georges meunier. For those not familiar with the artist, I have included his biography below. This is an incredibly scarce print. In fact, I have not found another example of this print. The image itself was used in a poster for french car maker automobiles ader in 1903. I believe this predates its use for the poster as my guess is that after the poster was created, then the image became only for them. This is an outstanding view of old v new. As one of the dealers who sold this poster described it, “this delightful work is a classic example: a comic confrontation between old and new, animal and auto, on a one-lane bridge to the 20th century. Note the donkey, who’s licking the headlamp with love—the perfect touch.”.

Lithograph measures 13 x 20 inches. Excellent original color. Signed within the image lower right. There are a few small spots within the image but otherwise an outstanding example as it was published. To make this one even better is that it is in its original tobacco oak frame that is very complimentary to the print. No glass. This whole piece is so original that it even has the single piece of original wood backing. Just a great original presentation. Frame measures 18 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches.

For those not familiar with the artist his biography from a gallery that sells his work reads: “Meunier, a beaux Arts-trained painter and decorative artist, also designed 56 known posters that are much in the manner of Cheret, not surprising since he worked at the master’s Chaix printing plant, started in 1894″ (Rennert)”