Cycling / Jacques Anquetil / Charly Gaul / Normandy / Luxemb - Lot 100

Cycling / Jacques Anquetil / Charly Gaul / Normandy / Luxembourg / Déro Robert Décremps, alias DÉRO (1920-2000) Two caricatures: Jacques Anquetil and Charly Gaul India ink on paper, signed, captioned 32 x 29 cm - 36.5 x 32.5 cm Original illustrations for "La Fabuleuse histoire du Cyclisme" by Pierre Chany (1922-1996), published by Odil in 1975. Maître Jacques (1934-1987), the most beautiful of mechanics, the cogs, the pace. 9 Grands Prix des Nations, the first to win 5 Tours de France. Déro went for purity: the master of time and clocks is here for eternity. A well-known image, but this is the original. Charly Gaul (1932-2005) on his little cloud, soaring over the passes with his halo. He flew over the 1958 Tour, heir to Faber and Frantz. Because he excelled in the rain, Antoine Blondin (preface to Les Fabuleuses) dubbed him "le Grand Douché du Luxembourg".