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Gentlemen, you may smoke - Pullman Gallery

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Improving the Breed<br />

Speed matters: Jean-Marc Chaillet’s expressive illustration titled ‘Porsche, Carrera<br />

RS White, Orange and Yellow’. Original gouache on board, signed and dated by the<br />

artist. Dimensions: 21 x 16 inches (53 x 41 cms). Ref 4847<br />

‘Grand Sport: (right) ‘1939 24 Heures du Mans’: highly evocative depiction in oil<br />

on canvas, of the start of the final Le Mans endurance race, staged on June 17 th /18 th<br />

1939, before the advent of World War Two. The all-conquering supercharged Bugatti<br />

Type 57c ‘Tank’ was piloted by Jean-Pierre Wimille and Pierre Veyron (pictured to<br />

the foreground), later key members of the Resistance in Occupied France. Signed<br />

A.L’ami G. Muller and dated 1939. Mounted in a black gloss frame with patterned<br />

gesso slip. Dimensions: 63 x 40 inches (173 x 102 cms). Ref 4896<br />

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PULLMAN Issue No: 40

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