Aug 08, 2024 - Sale 2676

Sale 2676 - Lot 194

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000

PHOTOGRAPH BY MAURICE JARNOUX (1907-1969)

SPORTS ILLUSTRATED / [24 HOURS OF LE MANS]. 1955.


23½x36¼ inches, 59¾x92 cm. Time, Inc.
Condition A / A-: minor abrasions at edges and in upper right image.

Published by Sports Illustrated magazine, this poster illustrates the running start of the world-renowned 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955. Cars shown include #10 Talbot Lago T26GS, #8 Aston Martin DB3S, #12 Jaguar D-Type 14 Jaguar D-Type XKC-402 (finished 2nd), and #16 Jaguar C-Type. José Froilán Gonzalez and Maurice Trintignant won the race in a Ferrari 375.