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Magnus World Grand Prix Poster 1979

Discussion in 'Collectables, Literature, & Models' started by dyerhaus, Dec 8, 2023.

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  1. dyerhaus

    dyerhaus Formula Junior
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    Nov 4, 2012
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    Christopher Dyer
    Hoping someone might know the story behind this poster.

    I bought it a while back simply because I liked it, but I knew nothing about it. Finally got it framed and now I'm curious about its story.

    I know the artist was a famous Italian comic book artist that went by the name "Magnus" (real name Roberto Raviola). You can look the Wikipedia page on him to learn more about that his comic book work:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_(comic_artist)

    I know nothing about this poster. I don't know if he was commissioned to create it, or if he did it for fun, or if it was used in any official capacity, or how many prints exist. Regardless, I like it, but would love to know the story behind it.

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  2. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    Wow. Where did you find that, Chris?
     
  3. dyerhaus

    dyerhaus Formula Junior
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    Nov 4, 2012
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    I found this a couple of years ago from a friend who sells Ferrari memorabilia fairly regularly on Facebook. He also has a 308 GT4, but I don't actually know if he's on FerrariChat! Otherwise, I'd mention him as he always has some cool things for sale.
     
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  4. Lusso123

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    I was offered one of these, to purchase a little over a year ago from a friend of mine. It did not fit in with what I collect, so I passed on it, but if anyone is seriously interested, then I would be happy to put you in touch with my friend who I think still has it, and you can hammer out a deal, or not. Just send me a PM. Here's the photo he sent me:

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  5. trashidelek!

    trashidelek! Formula Junior

    Nov 18, 2004
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    I do not pretend to have any sort of definitive knowledge about this print, but I have a general understanding of the period Ferrari related art scene around Modena that might be of some benefit.

    Simply put, creating Ferrari themed art was a good way for artists in the area to generate interest. In period, Enzo Ferrari did nothing to discourage it (unlike today's Ferrari, with no shortage of copyright attorneys) and some things to encourage it. As such, there were a variety of artists that orbited in and around the Ferrari realm.

    By way of examples, Guido Crepax (another cartoonist, with work very similar to Magnus) worked with Shell, then Ferrari's petroleum sponsor, to create one of the very first Ferrari books, Trecento all'Ora, in 1960. Antonio de Giusti did the artwork for a wide variety of 1950s and '60s Ferrari brochures and yearbooks and a series of paintings that hung in Enzo's Modena office for many years. These also appeared in the calendar that Ferrari produced for 1980. Another artist, Roberto Pelillo, did the circuit of half the world in the first half of the 1980s with a whole series of Ferrari related pieces. In a more official capacity, his work was also associated with the Ferrari sanctioned, and Enzo Ferrari attended, Raid Ferrari d'Epoca event in 1981 and the Ferrari Days event in 1983. His work, and that of plenty of other artists, also appeared in Ferrari's book, Piloti, Che Gente, at around this time.

    While I am sure that this print is not any sort of official Ferrari item, I also feel confident that it fits roughly, somewhere and somehow, into the general Ferrari art scheme of things that prevailed at that time.
     
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