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BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car # 1 (1975): Alexander Calder
BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car (1975): Alexander Calder
BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car (1975): Alexander Calder
BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car (1975): Alexander Calder
BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car (1975): Alexander Calder
BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car (1975): Alexander Calder
BMW 3.0 CSL Art Car (1975): Alexander Calder
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BMW Art Car # 1 - 1975 3.0 CSL by Alexander Calder
Машины, на борту которых вместо скучного однотонного цвета нарисована какая-нибудь полноценная картина, привлекают внимание. А уж если это не банальная штамповка каких-нибудь зверюшек, а ручная работа, то это уже настоящее искусство.
В коллекции « BMW Art Collection» всего 16 таких произведений искусства, но каких!
Началось все в 1975-м году, когда французский гонщик Херве Пулэн (Hervé Poulain) попросил своего друга Александра Калдера (Alexander Calder) раскрасить свой гоночный автомобиль BMW 3.0 CSL. Вышло очень удачно, и эта модель стала первой в ряду BMW Art Collection.
BMW’s Art Car tradition didn’t start within the corporate halls in Munich. Instead, French racing driver Hervé Poulain hired his friend and American artist Alexander Calder to paint a race-spec 3.0 CSL that Poulain planed on racing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The standard 3.0 CSL is a notable car in its own right — it’s widely renowned as the first product tuned by BMW’s Motorsports (M) Division, and held its own both on the road and the track. Road cars used a 3.0-liter inline-six-cylinder engine producing just over 200 horsepower, but race-spec cars — like this Art Car — utilized a 3.2-liter version capable of throwing down 480 horsepower.
Once Calder added his signature touches to the “Batmobile,” Poulain took the car to Le Mans, fielding the race car-turned-artwork along with drivers Sam Posey and Jean Ghichet. Unfortunately for the team, the car retired from the race due to a faulty prop shaft, but sparked an artistic tradition that continues to this very day.
Source: www.intelligent.lv; Andrew Peterson "Mobile Masterpieces: The History of BMW's Art Cars" - www.automobilemag.com
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