Bidspirit auction | Original Vintage French Poster ”Le

Original Vintage French Poster ”Le Géant” by Félix Nadar Extremely Rare This poster is an advertisement for the hot air balloon rides, popular in France at the end of the 19th century. Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist. Around 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m³) balloon named Le Géant (”The Giant”), the hot air balloon of the official holidays, thereby inspiring Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon. Although the ”Géant” project was initially unsuccessful Nadar was still convinced that the future belonged to heavier-than-air machines. Material: Linen backed Size: 57.5X39.8 (inches), 146x101 (cm) Artist: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910) Year: ca. 1890 Condition: Good. (B+) Item ID : 36263  2-10F