Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/ St Raphaël/ Draeger/ - Lot 78

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/ St Raphaël/ Draeger/ The rarest, most beautiful and most mysterious (because unsigned) series of 14 cards from the Paris Games. It is published by the St Raphaël aperitif, with whom the 110m hurdler drinks the obstacle, like his comrades in soccer, wrestling, 3000m team, pelota and cross-country. As for the other 8 cards, they involve aquatic disciplines (water polo, 3-diver diving, rowing, sailing, 100 backstroke and 400 nl). Brand new. Printed by Draeger. 9X14. Legend has it that a great artist was the creator of these very modern, uncluttered images, in which sky blue takes precedence... A former racing cyclist from St Raphaël, Raphaël Geminiani, who was born a year later, in 1925, is still alive... and about to turn 100, having also drunk the obtacle!