Racing Poster, Detroit Grand Prix XII, "Sunday Afternoon at Belle Isle Park" 1993
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Detroit hosted its first Formula One Grand Prix race in 1982. The annual event transitioned from F1 to the IndyCar Series in 1989, and it moved from a downtown street circuit to nearby Belle Isle in 1992. This poster, from the 1993 race, is a play on Georges Seurat's famous painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
Detroit hosted its first Formula One Grand Prix race in 1982. The annual event transitioned from F1 to the IndyCar Series in 1989, and it moved from a downtown street circuit to nearby Belle Isle in 1992. This poster, from the 1993 race, is a play on Georges Seurat's famous painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1993
Subject Date
1993
Creators
Detroit Renaissance Grand Prix Inc.
Creator Notes
Designed by Mark C. Zapico for the Detroit Renaissance Grand Prix Incorporated, based on a painting by Georges Seraut.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
93.35.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 24 in
Width: 36 in
Inscriptions
Printed at top: ITT DETROIT GRAN PRIX XII / Printed under image: JUNE 11 - 12 - 13, 1993
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