GABRIEL VOISIN, JOURNAL D'UN ICONOCLASTE

From the beginning of the 20th century until the armistice of 1918, Gabriel Voisin played a decisive role in the beginnings of aviation and participated in its spectacular rise. He then made a remarkable foray into the field of architecture before devoting himself to the automobile. Between the two wars, Gabriel Voisin made a deliberate and exceptional contribution to the evolution of forms and techniques through a series of creations in his image. Iconoclastic and unconventional, both in their aesthetics and in their technology, Gabriel Voisin's cars demonstrated a prescient relevance that went far beyond gratuitous provocation. After the Liberation, Gabriel Voisin retreated into his disillusionment and convictions, while continuing to cast a critical and constructive eye on the future of individual mobility. A tumultuous, provocative and paradoxical character, Gabriel Voisin was omnipresent in the tumult of his time. It is this intertwining of the life and work of a contradictory man that the Diary of Gabriel Voisin seeks to recount. Day after day, in his friendships, his engagements, his encounters, we discover a unique personality, "one of the most beautiful, most complete human types", as Paul Morand wrote. Prestige Collections.

STOCK: In stock
AUTHOR: Serge Bellu
ISBN: #9782726897263
PUBLISHER: E-T-A-I
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2013
EDITION: 1st Edition
REVISED: No
REPRINT: No
LANGUAGE: French
PAGES: 208
ILLUSTRATIONS: Black-White & Colour
FORMAT: Hardback in slipcase
SLIPCASE: Yes
SIGNED AUTHOR: -
LIMITED EDITION: -
CONDITION BOOK: Mint
CONDITION SLIPCASE: Mint
DIMENSIONS: 290.00mm x 250.00mm x 30.00mm