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A fine, unadulterated example of the 1973 Porsche 911 S 2.4 Coupe is selling for up to $180,000 these days. The one in the adjacent photo gallery could change hands for a whopping £300,000 ($461,280) due to a simple reason: it was owned and driven for more than three decades by the Farther of Pop Art.
If you’re not familiar with Richard Hamilton’s work, think for a moment about Terry Gilliam’s cutout animation in Monty Python’s Flying Circus. About 15 years before “The Beatles of Comedy” started airing, Hamilton was experimenting with collage techniques that inspired the Python to start making collages himself. Fun fact: Terry wrote and directed Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Fast-forward to 1956 and Daddy Pop Art presented its most acclaimed piece of art - “Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?” - in London. Curious what kind of car Richard Hamilton bought when his art pieces started paying off? A 1973 Porsche 911 S 2.4 Coupe. Why a Porsche 911 and not an Alfa Romeo?
The peeps from the Bonhams auction house are willing to explain this curiosity: ”Hamilton said that he would only paint things he felt he could improve upon, and he reportedly said that his Porsche 911 featured here was such a perfect design, that he couldn't improve it in any way.” As much as I appreciate 1970s Alfa Romeos, take a glance at that thing and try to prove Hamilton wrong.
To be offered at auction at the end of June by Bonhams, Richard Hamilton’s Porsche is restored to its ‘70s glory down to the smallest details. Oh, the oily bits? A 2,341 cc air-cooled boxer with 190 horsepower is under the hood, coupled to a five-speed manual transmission. And yes, the Fuchs wheels are original.
Fast-forward to 1956 and Daddy Pop Art presented its most acclaimed piece of art - “Just what is it that makes today's homes so different, so appealing?” - in London. Curious what kind of car Richard Hamilton bought when his art pieces started paying off? A 1973 Porsche 911 S 2.4 Coupe. Why a Porsche 911 and not an Alfa Romeo?
The peeps from the Bonhams auction house are willing to explain this curiosity: ”Hamilton said that he would only paint things he felt he could improve upon, and he reportedly said that his Porsche 911 featured here was such a perfect design, that he couldn't improve it in any way.” As much as I appreciate 1970s Alfa Romeos, take a glance at that thing and try to prove Hamilton wrong.
To be offered at auction at the end of June by Bonhams, Richard Hamilton’s Porsche is restored to its ‘70s glory down to the smallest details. Oh, the oily bits? A 2,341 cc air-cooled boxer with 190 horsepower is under the hood, coupled to a five-speed manual transmission. And yes, the Fuchs wheels are original.
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