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| Medium: | hand-pulled lithograph | |
| Image size: | 23 3/4" x 16 7/8" | |
| Edition size: | 250 | |
| Numbered Proofs: | 37 | |
| Non-Numbered Proofs: | 22 | |
| Total Edition size: | 309 | |
| Number of colors: | 16 | |
| Year printed: | 1995 | |
| Atelier: | Arts-Litho, Paris | |
| Current Price: | $ 560 Last price on secondary mkt. |
Do you remember Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday? In this charming film they were riding a scooter through the sunny streets of Rome. It was 1953 and, after seeing the film, every teenager in Europe wanted to have a scooter.
When Authouart created this painting, it was 1982 and the scooters were forgotten. He therefore painted the scooter in a state of neglect and disrepair.
It was now 1995 and the scooters were back. Like most of her friends, Authouart's daughter Marie had a scooter. The license plate, Little Italy, was purchased on her first trip to New York, in 1994.
Seeing this resurgence, Authouart was inspired to make the litho.
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