René Vincent

RENE VINCENT "LE DEPART DEL'AMBUSQUE" ET "LE RETOUR DE L'AMBUSQUE" René VINCENT (1879-1936) Deux lithographies formant un pendant, signées et datées1915. Elles résument la guerre d'un jeune officier partiau front dans sa Peugeot. Imprimerie Champenois àParis. 53 x 67 cm, sous passe-partout. Bibliographie: "Art and the Automobile" par D.B. Tubbs, Lutterworth press, G.B. 1978, reproduite page56. Two lithographs, forming a pair,signed and dated1915. They represent a young officer going to the battlefront in his Peugeot. Printed by Champenois in Paris, 53 x67 cm, passe- partout.

PEUGEOT. 1919. 63x47 1/4 inches, 160x120 cm. Draeger, Paris. Condition B+: minor restoration along vertical and horizontalfolds; repaired tears and creases in margins. A well-to-do member of the boureoisie, René Vincent was interestedin automobiles from the moment they first appeared on Parisianstreets. As a poster artist, he worked for some of the mostprestigious brands, including Peugeot in the 1920s. Vincent mostlyfocused on the more glamorous, stylish side of the automobile andthe beautiful people who drove them. In this, his only racingimage, Vincent pays tribute to Peugeot's pre-World War I racingglory and the famous driver G. Boillot (who was killed in a dogfight during the war). In 1912 and 1913, a Peugeot successfully wonboth the Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France and the Indianapolis 500 in America, as well as setting a speedrecord in Brooklands in England. This is an unusual image forVincent in that it is tremendously dynamic (the majority of hisimages are static), and that he uncharacteristically employs thediagonal to express this dynamism. Auto Posters p. 26, 1er Salon del'Affiche Automobile 46.

Lot Description René Vincent (1879-1936) Le départ de L'Ambusque; and Le retour de L'Ambusque two photo-mechanical prints, circa 20th Century, on wove papers, both with margins, poor condition, both unframed both S. 21½ x 27½ in. (546 x 699 mm.) (2) Special Notice This lot is offered without reserve. Saleroom Notice Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM THE FRENCH INSTITUTE/ALLIANCE FRANCAISE

59 1/4x39 1/4 inches, 150 1/2x99 1/2 cm. Bedos & Cie., Paris. With a nod to modern chemistry, and the wherewithal to remove nicotine from cigarettes, Vincent displays a cornucopia of "healthy" smoking treats. All of France's most popular cigarettes have been treated by this "chemist," and are emerging from a giant lab beaker.