Giclée - ST Duesenberg
21" x 32"
$7,500.00
In 1913 the Duesenberg Brothers, Fred and August, founded Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company, Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa, at 8th and Grand Ave, to build sports cars. Born in 1876 and 1879 in Germany, the two brothers were self taught engineers and built many experimental cars. Duesenberg cars were considered some of the very best cars built at the time, and were built entirely by hand. In 1914 Eddie Rickenbacker drove a "Duesy" to finish in 10th place at the Indianapolis 500 and a Duesenberg car won the race in 1924, 1925 and 1927. 1923 saw the only use of a Duesenberg as a pace car at the Indianapolis 500. In 1921 Jimmy Murphy became the first American to win the French Grand Prix when he piloted a Duesenberg to victory at the Le Mans racetrack. Although the Duesenberg brothers were world class engineers, they were unable to sell their model A car, their first mass produced vehicle, which was considered very advanced. Instead, the company went bankrupt and closed.
