by Peter M.Larsen and Ben Erickson
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Currently expected to be available for shipping in late September, 2014.
Content: The story of Jacques Saoutchik and his life spans eight
decades, two world wars, a flight from Imperial Russia, incarceration, the
birth of the automobile and its design, the Great Depression, the heyday of the Carrosserie D'Automobile Luxe in
France and its subsequent annihilation – all set against a backdrop of
glittering socialites, artists, demi-mondes and couturiers who
populated the chic salons of Paris. It was an endless pursuit of elegance, a
merry-go-round of the rich and famous – blatantly ignoring the facts of life –
which in the end found itself obliterated when the music stopped. A way
of life that was trampled by the most fundamental political and social
upheavals the world has ever seen, and is most truly gone with the wind. On
top, Jacques Saoutchik lived a personal life which for decades involved
maintaining two completely separate families – each knowing of the existence of
the other.
And then there are the cars. The fabulous, extraordinary,
extravagant, spectacular works of art that Jacques Saoutchik designed and
manufactured. He was the greatest artist the coach building industry has ever
seen.
This book will be a three volume homage to his life and art,
with 1164 pages and 1933 images – many of which have never been seen before.
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