La Motosacoche, Acacias-Genève – Vintage poster – ANONYMOUS – 1910

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Original vintage poster La Motosacoche, Acacias-Genève

ANONYMOUS

circa 1910

70 x 92 cm
27 x 36 inch

In 1899, the brothers Henry and Armand Dufaux from Geneva, designed a little four-stroke engine. This small motor could be fixed into the frame of any ordinary pushbike. in 1905, they open "La Motosacoche" company (approximately "The engine-bag") which became known far beyond Switzerland for the quality and practical utility of their engines. The company produced some of the best Moto-cross engines during decades. The Dufaux brothers soon left the company to build airplanes, before the first flight over the Lake of Geneva in 1910. One of the rarest Motosacoche poster, highly collectible, an historical piece.

Condition A
Code V082400

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Condition and technical info

Description of condition Several small tears in the margin, Several slight stains in the margin
Printing technique Lithography (on stone)
Printer Atar, Genève
Genre Original vintage poster

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