4.5 x 10.5 inches, original coloured pochoir lithograph. Ernest Montaut (1879-1909) died tragically young, but he lived through the early period of heroic motor cars. What made his artwork so special was the way in which he captured the image of speed. He began in 1897 to chronicle the racing events in France. His drew directly on to stone from which each print was made. Then followed the extensive hand coloured process using several stencils elaborately cut for each image, one for each colour. A process known as pochoir. As demand grew, he took on more staff eventually employing about a dozen to do the colouring alone. In 1910 'Dix Ans de Course 1897-1907' was published to celebrate the finest images published by Montaut. It was issued a year after his death. These reduced size images are produced using the same methods. The last known image produced by the workshop was in 1913. Automobile Quarterly (Summer 1962) 'Montaut & Atelier' pp. 196-213; Clendinin, Dorothy (1976) 'Lively Legacy. The first automotive prints for the first automotive enthusiasts' in 'Road & Track' pp. 70-73; Helck, Peter 'Car Classics'; 'Collection de L'Atelier Montaut-Mabileau' (1992) Musee de La Colline de L'Automobile; Tubbs, Douglas B. (1978) 'Art and the Automobile'. Seller Inventory # D2539

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Publisher: Paris

Publication Date: 1910

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Founded by the late Clive A. Burden in 1966, the company is one of the longest established dealers in antique maps, atlases, books and rare decorative prints. All items offered are fine original examples. Areas of particular focus are the British Isles and North America. Our stock dates from incunabula (pre-1500) to the late 1800s. We also carry decorative prints including botanical, bird, other natural history, architecture, in addition to Vanity Fair caricatures. Books include atlases, illustrated, and colour plate works. Philip D. Burden joined his father in the business in 1979. His interests included the British Isles and North America. He wrote and published in 1996 and 2007 the definitive two volume treatise entitled ?The Mapping of North America?. This was the first work to list all known printed maps relating to North America up to the year 1700. Each fully described and illustrated. Clive A. Burden Ltd. is a member of the following organisations: the ABA (Antiquarian Bookdealers Association), ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), and IMCoS (International Map Collector?s Society).

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