Lot 240
Kamil Lhoták (1912 - 1990) BALOON VICTOR HUGO

1984
lithography, paper
50 x 35 cm (h x w)
sign. lower right: Kamil Lhoták 84

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At the Jubilee Exhibition in Prague, Frenchmen Louis Godard and Edouard Surcour demonstrated two balloons, a one-seater Godard and a four-seater Victor Hugo. The aeronauts made a total of 35 take-offs and this event was the pinnacle of aeronautics in Bohemia. Kamil Lhoták, fascinated by science and technology, created this work for Lyra Pragensis. Numbered 120/200.