Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Af Frankrig 1954 – 1954 French Grand Prix – Hans Liska

This is a stunning Mercedes-Benz advertisement style  motor racing poster by the great artist Hans Liska. Designed in 1954 following the results of the 1954 French Grand Prix held at the Reims racetrack. It depicts a silver Mercedes-Benz roadster speeding across the finish line taking the chequered flag. The winner of the race was the Argentina racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio in the new Mercedes W196. Such was Fangios’s success and notoriety, Liska rather tellingly, hasn’t even included a second car in the poster, even though Mercedes also took second place in the race.

This poster became a star in its own right when it made a guest appearance on the wall of Joey’s bedroom in the television series Friends.

Our posters are carefully and professionally created from vintage originals. Whilst great care is taken in the production of these posters, we also try to maintain a vintage feel, so there may be small imperfections, fold marks, scuffs, tears or marks that were part of the original poster master. If these do appear they should be visible on the larger views of the item on this listing. The originals of many of the posters we offer can cost many thousands of pounds, so whilst these posters look great, especially framed and mounted on a wall, they are intended as a fun, affordable reproductions and not intended fine art prints.