?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
GEO HAM (GEORGES HAMEL, 1900-1972) MONACO. 1936. 47x31 1/2 inches, 119x80 cm. Monegasque, Monte-Carlo. Condition B+: creases in margins and image; discoloration in image; light time-staining at edges. This poster "brilliantly depicts the battle between the Germans and the Italians in the Monaco race. Here a stylish Auto Union GL, the first of the rear-engine racecars, leads a red Alfa Romeo through an extremely tight turn. This masterful portrayal of the intense competition at the races is wonderfully contrasted to the normally serene harbor and city. Ham's orange-tinted course amplifies the heat of the race and his white speed lines accentuate the velocity of the cars" (Crouse p. 30). Crouse p. 31, Riviera 261.
