HISTORIC CAR ART

"Raining Champion" by John Ketchell - 1958 Le Mans - Olivier Gendenbien / Phil Hill in the winning Ferrari 250 TR58 about to overtake the 3rd placed Porsche 718 RSK Spyder of Jean Behra / Hans Hermann and 2nd placed Aston Martin DB3S of Graham and Peter Whitehead. This 40 x34" painting will be on exhibition at Retromobile, Paris and afterwards at our gallery. www.historiccarart.net

This weekend sees the 78th running of the famous Le Mans 24 Hours. 40 years ago this weekend two Belgian drivers Olivier Gendebien and Paul Frère won for Ferrari driving the 250 TR59/60. This wonderful and rare 50 year old poster for the 1960 event was a break from the Beligond art of 1958 and 1959 and shows the start of the 1959 race in photographic format. the No. 8 Ecurie Ecosse Tojeiro Jaguar of Ron Flockhart and John Lawrence in the forground, and the No. 5 and No. 6 Aston Martin DBR1's that were to finish 1st and 2nd. Beligond art was to return for the 1961 poster.

Roy Salvadori in the Aston Martin P214 leads Mike Parkes in the Ferrari 250GTO during the Coppa Inter-Europa at Monza in September 1963. Lap after lap the pair battled for the lead, rarely more than a second apart. Finally, Salvadori pulled away to win by seconds. This was the last great victory for David Brown's Aston Martins. This lithographic print from the painting by Keith Woodcock is long out of print - it was signed by Sir David Brown and Roy Salvadori... We have one copy, an artist's proof. Hurry!