Auction Date:2013 Dec 11 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS in French, signed “G. Eiffel,” one page, 5.25 x 8, personal letterhead, December 5, 1894. Letter to Monsieur Picard, “Commissaire generale de l’Exposition,” in full (translated): “I would be grateful if you could grant me a meeting in reference to a question I have regarding my upcoming competition at the Exposition of 1900.” In fine condition.
Five years after opening his masterful Eiffel Tower to the public as the centerpiece of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, Gustave Eiffel was making plans for his involvement in the city’s next major fair. With fellow engineer Alfred Picard, who had written the definitive report on the 1889 Expo, in charge of the committee that planned the expo, the event showed a remarkable blend of innovative engineering feats and stunning artistry, highlighting among other things, the Pont Alexandre III, the first bridge in Paris to span the Seine in a single tremendous arch. While Eiffel’s participation was minor in comparison to 1889, he did create La Ruche—the beehive—as a wine pavilion for the Expo’s finest visitors, and led the committee that awarded a gold medal to Lavr Proskuryakov's project for the Yenisei Bridge in Krasnoyarsk; and again, his Tower served as a popular feature, attracting another million visitors during the Expo’s run. An interesting letter regarding the follow-up event to the fair that put Eiffel’s name on the map.
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