Figoni on Delahaye - Adatto, Richard
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Paying homage to the artistic genius of Joseph Figoni and the beautiful bodies he designed and built for Delahaye. This book shows the evolution of Joseph Figoni's creative process, illustrated through his pen and pencil drawings and designs. He also used clay models and true-scale wire mock-ups mounted on the chassis, but only his drawings and a small wooden model survived. Today, modern photographs, many by renowned automotive photographer Michael Furman, allow us to appreciate the unique features of these decades-old cars, now restored to their original splendor. In addition, the notebooks,…mehr

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Paying homage to the artistic genius of Joseph Figoni and the beautiful bodies he designed and built for Delahaye. This book shows the evolution of Joseph Figoni's creative process, illustrated through his pen and pencil drawings and designs. He also used clay models and true-scale wire mock-ups mounted on the chassis, but only his drawings and a small wooden model survived. Today, modern photographs, many by renowned automotive photographer Michael Furman, allow us to appreciate the unique features of these decades-old cars, now restored to their original splendor. In addition, the notebooks, vintage photographs, and historical documents in the Figoni archive help tell the full story of many cars. This book includes over fifty Delahayes in detail, each with striking Figoni coachwork, and many drawings, several never published before. Claude Figoni, Joseph's son, provides a vivid account of his father's humble beginnings, his growth as a craftsman and artist, his difficulties during World War II, and his eventual recognition as France's premier coachbuilder. Figoni on Delahaye also includes Richard Adatto's personal recollections of his encounters with car owners and admirers, of finding cars long believed lost, and of meeting restorers and historians whose passion for Figoni-designed cars equals his own.
Autorenporträt
Richard Adatto is one of the world's experts on French aerodynamic cars. He sits on the advisory board of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Élégance, where he has acted as a judge for over thirty-five years. He is the technical advisor for the Classic Car Club of America on French-built cars and the American correspondent for the French Delahaye and Talbot-Lago clubs. Diana Meredith is an interpreter, translator, editor, and writer working in English, Spanish, and French. She and Richard Adatto are coauthors of Delage Styling and Design and Delahaye Styling and Design. Michael Furman is renowned for his studio photography of the world's great classic and sporting cars, and he is a founding board member of the Radnor Hunt Concours d'Élégance and serves as a creative consultant to other automotive events and publications.