Description
by Nicholas Watts
A limited edition of 500 copies
Image Size: 26″ x 17″ (66cm x 45cm)
Overall Size: 33 “x 25” (84cm x 63cm)
The final confrontation between Mercedes and Auto Union took place through the tram-lined and cobbled streets of Belgrade on the very day Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. Manfred von Brauchitsch led the race in his W154 until spinning and handing victory to Tazio Nuvolari in an Auto Union. The image depicts von Brauchitsch and Nuvolari racing in close company through the city streets as the sun lowers in the skies over Europe. .
Edition signed by Manfred von Brauchitsch.
Manfred Georg Rudolf von Brauchitsch (15 August 1905 – 5 February 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous “Silver Arrows” of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s
