![]() ![]() If art is about the process of creation – the adding of paint to metalwork in this case – then is the reverse also true? Is the process of destruction also of artistic merit? Well, someone seems to think so. BMW’s own M1 coupe, painted by Warhol, is estimated to be worth €60 million or more. Needless to say, the combination of a rare car and a famed artist can generate staggering values. ![]() That car kicked off a tradition of BMW asking famous artists to touch brush upon bodywork, with artists as diverse as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jeff Koons all creating arty coupés. Poulain asked American artist Alexander Calder to paint an already-gorgeous BMW 3.0 CSL coupé, which Poulain himself would enter in the Le Mans 24hrs. In 1975, French racing driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain commissioned the first BMW “Art Car”.
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