UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, PARIS, 1900 - Lot 78

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UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, PARIS, 1900 - Lot 78
UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION, PARIS, 1900 AUGUSTE FRANÇOIS GORGUET (1862-1927) Preparatory drawings for the invitation to the Mexican National Holiday in the Mexico Pavilion RARE set of documents documenting the process of creating the invitation to the Mexican national holiday at the Exposition, including: - Ink drawing of a woman carrying the Mexican flag surmounting a golden eagle on a prickly pear devouring a snake, in an Art Nouveau floral frame. Signed lower right; - Mixed media and coloring of the invitation before the letter. - Invitation bearing the inscription "The Minister of Mexico to S.M. Britannique, Commissioner General at the Exposition of 1900, and Madame S.B. de Meier, beg [...] to do them the honor of spending the evening of Saturday, September 15 at the Pavillon du Mexique (Quai d'Orsay) on the occasion of the Mexican National Holiday, and the anniversary of the birth of General Porfirio Diaz, President of the United Mexican States". Signed in the plate, marked engraver Stern Paris lower right Dimensions of drawings. Height. 32cm; Width. 43cm. Dimensions of invitation: Height. 14cm; Width. 19cm
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