PAIR OF HARDY'S WINES COMMEMORATIVE LITHOGRAPH PRINTS - AUSTRALIA II 1983 AMERICA'S CUP VICTORY

OVERVIEW:
A COLOUR LITHOGRAPH PRINT COMMISSIONED BY HARDY'S WINES TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORIC 1983 AMERICA'S CUP VICTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN YACHT AUSTRALIA II. THE PRINT DEPICTS THE ICONIC 12-METRE CLASS RACING YACHT UNDER FULL SAIL, CAPTURED IN DYNAMIC RACING CONDITIONS WITH COMPETING VESSELS VISIBLE IN THE BACKGROUND. A PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF A KEY FIGURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VICTORY IS MOUNTED CENTRALLY BELOW THE MAIN NAUTICAL SCENE.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- SUBJECT: NAUTICAL RACING SCENE FEATURING AUSTRALIA II WITH WHITE SAILS MARKED WITH REGISTRATION KA-6
- SECONDARY VESSELS VISIBLE IN BACKGROUND, INCLUDING SUPPORT CRAFT AND SPECTATOR VESSELS
- COLOUR PALETTE: SOFT BLUES, GREYS, AND WHITES WITH NATURALISTIC CLOUD FORMATIONS
- MOUNTED PRESENTATION WITH PRINTED CAPTION: "HARDY'S WINES CONGRATULATES AUSTRALIA II ON HER THRILLING VICTORY IN THE 1983 AMERICA'S CUP"
- PORTRAIT MEDALLION: CIRCULAR INSET PHOTOGRAPH OF ASSOCIATED DIGNITARY
- MEDIUM: COLOUR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT ON PAPER, MOUNTED TO CARD BACKING
- CONDITION: FAIR, SHOWING AGE-RELATED WEAR AND TEARS

SIZE: 50CM X 70CM

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
THIS COMMEMORATIVE PRINT CELEBRATES AUSTRALIA II'S GROUNDBREAKING 1983 AMERICA'S CUP VICTORY, THE FIRST TIME THE PRESTIGIOUS TROPHY LEFT THE UNITED STATES IN 132 YEARS OF COMPETITION. THE YACHT'S REVOLUTIONARY WINGED KEEL DESIGN, VISIBLE IN THE DEPICTED RACING SCENE, PROVED DECISIVE IN THE COMPETITION HELD OFF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. HARDY'S WINES, A PROMINENT AUSTRALIAN WINE PRODUCER, ISSUED THIS PRINT AS PART OF THEIR SPONSORSHIP AND CELEBRATION OF THIS DEFINING MOMENT IN AUSTRALIAN SPORTING HISTORY.



Item Size: Height: 60cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 1Kg

Condition: Fair

997521+5

Location of item: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD, Australia

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