Cycling/Tour de France/PIC. Exceptional work... - Lot 144 - Vermot et Associés

Cycling/Tour de France/PIC. Exceptional work by Pic (alias Pierre Charles) for the Centenary of the Tour de France, this original model, please: "Les conquérants, 1903-2003..." where all the winners of the Tour parade in amusing situations, grouped by nationality, era, character, and this around the lighthouse of the inventor-pilots and bosses (Desgrange, Goddet, Leblanc). Riis logically takes the broth, the Spaniards (Bahamontes, Ocana, Delgado) dance on a red cape, the Bretons (Robic and Bobet) fight over the Arc de Triomphe, Armstrong dances with the Statue of Liberty, the Red Devils are in a cauldron, the Swiss (Koblet-Kubler) are combing their hair or pulling the cow's tail, the Luxembourgers (Faber, Frantz, Gaul) are at the RTL microphone, Janssen is brandishing tulips, Roche is brushing his hair, the Italians, with Pantani, Gimondi and Nencini, are waving under Coppi's watchful eye, Bartali is praying, Fignon is riding an aircraft carrier, Magne-Leducq-Speicher are jousting, Walko has full cheeks, Aimar is curling, Cornet-Trousselier-Pottier-Petit-Breton and Lapize march to the beat, while at the Tour de la Tour Eiffel, like Musketeers, the five-time winners (Anquetil-MErckx-Hinault-Indurain) inevitably cross swords. A successful Tour de force and good humor (65x50). The final print (41x29) is included, showing the improvements made by an artist as talented as he is in love with the Tour and its heroes.