PASTILLES VALDA, Lot n° 44

VALDA LOZENGES, Air, breath, lungs, muscles, Scene of the acrobat, Automaton COURTIN and printing on metals by the ALUTOL, Paris, France, circa 1930. Automatic display case in folded metal, screen-printed painted on wooden frame, electromechanical 110 volts. It features a clown doing the splits and an acrobat circling around a high bar. The movements are produced by a small rotary motor that drives pulleys and belts. 83x80x20 cm. (In working order) Reproduced in the catalogue of the exhibition "Automates de Pub", of the New National Museum of Monaco, summer 2008, page 17 and under N°25 page 33 of the "Automates publicitaires" by Daniel Bordet.