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FIGONI ON DELAHAYE Reviewed

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Furman and Figoni will leave one breathless. Michael Furman photo.

Review by Pete Vack
All images from the book

Joseph Figoni’s fabulous flights of fancy have captivated us for a long, long time. While Figoni bodied many Alfas, Talbots and Delages, his most flamboyant creations were built on the Delahaye chassis, over 100 of them. And all are endlessly enchanting.

With help from the Figoni family and photographer Michael Furman, Richard Adatto seeks out his favorite Figoni Delahayes and tells the story of each selected chassis/build number in his latest book. “This collection is limited to what I believe are notable examples of Figoni’s best work for the marque,” writes Adatto. [Read more…] about FIGONI ON DELAHAYE Reviewed

The Art of Automobile Jewelry

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Placement, angle, lighting. It sounds so easy. But as this image of a Mercedes-Benz grille demonstrates, it is not so simple after all.

Automobile Jewelry Volume One: Mascots and Badges
By Michael Furman with Robert Strand
Order from Coachbuilt Press, Philadelphia
$100 USD

Review by Pete Vack

Michael Furman has always been a favorite of ours. His work, even when taken well out of context (for example placed within a hundred similar photos on Google Images), is easy to recognize despite frequent attempts by others, who find out it is not as easy to replicate the mood and the depth of Furman’s art as they perhaps thought. We don’t claim to be art experts ourselves, but Furman’s work is easy to grasp, understand and appreciate even for a philistine, just as anyone might easily be able to discern the differences in style, quality, and beauty between a Duesenburg when parked next to a Dodge.

One such image speaks volumes.

We often receive art books for review, and when another large volume (10 x 12 inches, 288 pages) arrived at our offices, I thought, well, another art book. However, I noticed that this one was by Furman; and the minute the book was opened, (nay, as soon as the cover was revealed) it was strikingly clear that Furman has again upped the bar for automotive art photography. [Read more…] about The Art of Automobile Jewelry

Book Review: Delahaye Styling and Design

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Check Amazon.com for this book.

DELAHAYE STYLING AND DESIGN

By Richard S. Adatto and Diana E. Meredith
Dalton Watson Fine Books

With historic photography from multiple archival sources

Color portraits by Michael Furman

Review by Larry Crane

Émile Delahaye was a graduate mechanical engineer from Arts et Métier College of Angers, class of 1869. He soon owned his own foundry in his hometown of Tours at the age of 36 and was developing a line of internal combustion engines in 1879. He raced one of his own automobiles in the 1896 Paris-Marseilles-Paris contest, took in two partners, Georges Morane and Léon Desmarais, to capitalize the growing business in 1897, and retired from Société E. Delehaye et Cie in 1901, just as the automotive century began. Management of the works fell into the hands of Charles Weiffenbach (for ever known as Monsieur Charles) who must be given credit for the great Delahayes of the new century.
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