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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · The Velocipede
Cycles Clément, Motocycles (Pal, 1899)
Pal (Jean de Paléologue) · Cycles Clément, 1899
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph by Pal for Cycles Clément, dated 1899, lettered "motocycles, la plus vaste usine du monde" and printed by Paul Dupont in Paris.
Why it matters
By 1899 the cycle makers were adding motors, and this sheet carries both trades at once.
What to notice
The claim to the largest factory in the world is the poster's own lettering.
The bicycle sold itself as freedom, and the poster sold the bicycle.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Pal (Jean de Paléologue)
- Printer / house
- Imprimerie Paul Dupont, Paris
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Cycles Clément, 1899
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9011444f
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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