This sketch shows Jean-Pierre Wimille in a Bugatti Type 50B 4.7 L on his way to winning the first European post-war race, la "Coupe des Prisonniers", held in Paris.
The race was organized by Maurice Mestivier, the energetic president of the AGACI (Association G�n�rale Automobile des Coureurs Ind�pendants) in honour of French prisoners and the missing of the war.
Prismacolor pencils & sticks on archival dark-gray stock, 12"x 9"
� Paul Chenard 2010
Private Collection
The race was organized by Maurice Mestivier, the energetic president of the AGACI (Association G�n�rale Automobile des Coureurs Ind�pendants) in honour of French prisoners and the missing of the war.

� Paul Chenard 2010
Private Collection
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