[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile] – Historic Print
![[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile], 1906 Dec. 22 [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/95/959b3e08f508-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile], preserved in this historic drawing. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[M. Gustave Rives, grand organisateur du salon de l'automobile]
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Rives, the organizer of France's automobile salon, appears here in a caricature with peacocks, a subject that points to the showy self-regard the artist was mocking. The drawing was made in blue crayon and watercolor and signed in the lower left by the caricaturist Cléandre, whose work often appeared in the satirical weekly *Le Rire*. It ran in that magazine on December 22, 1906. The Salon de l'Automobile had been held in Paris since 1898, and by the mid-1900s it was a major showcase for the new motor industry, so Rives's prominence made him an easy target for satire.
| Created / published | 1906 Dec. 22 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : blue crayon and watercolor on off-white wove paper ; 52.3 x 40.3 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Caricatures French 1900-1910.Drawings French Color 1900-1910.Periodical illustrations French 1900-1910. |
| Notes | No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: C LÚandre. Title from Le Rire. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1089) Gustave Rives was the organizer and administrator of France's Salons de l'Automobile beginning with its inception in 1898. He was the chief architect of many civic buildings, the director of the French committee for foreign expositions, and was the recipient of a multitude of honors. Published in: Le Rire, December 22, 1906. |
| Subjects | Rives, Gustave,--1858- Exhibitions--France--Paris--1900-1910. Peacocks--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,128 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172807 |
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