Michelotti sketched this Fiat 1100 TV Allemano in 1955. Superb proportions, fleeting lines, refined and elegant.
Berlinetta ‘50s Rare Italian Coupes of the 1950s
By Christian Descombes Color Photography by Xavier de Nombel
ISBN 979-1-090267-28-2 Published June, 2017 by Dalton Watson
240 pages, 472 color photographs, hard cover with dust jacket and slipcase
US$89
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Review by Pete Vack
This 9 x 12 book from Italy and published in English by Dalton Watson might seem like another potboiler-coffee-table-color-photo-exercise, but it is several rungs up the ladder from that. First, the author and photographer have, as the title implies, focused on Italian coupes built from 1947 to 1962. Why they excluded spiders is a good question, but by narrowing it down to the coupes, it better shows the Italian genius of the era. We are all for it: What could be more exciting than a tight, low and streamlined Italian berlinetta? [Read more…] about Berlinetta ’50s: Rare Italian Coupes Reviewed