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LOT 224

'Automobile' & 'Aviation', a pair of allegorical figures, by Ferrand, 1907,

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Lot 224

'Automobile' & 'Aviation', a pair of allegorical figures, by Ferrand, 1907,

'Automobile' & 'Aviation', a pair of allegorical figures, by Ferrand, 1907,

the rarer larger examples, hollow cast spelter, the first depicting a male standing on an early plane over a globe holding a propeller aloft, the second a standing girl, carrying a car lamp aloft, holding the steering wheel of a depiction of a veteran car, each mounted to a turned wooden base, each 56cm high overall.
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Footnotes

An example of one of these figures can be found illustrated in John Zolomij: The Motor Car in Art; page 111.

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