Trophy dedicated to the cycling and specialized press made by Mario Eremita
The famous enterprise Campagnolo srl and the International Association of Cycling Journalists every year commission an artist to create a trophy to synthetically represent the values of cycling and of the sport specialized press. On 1985 the Association chose the artist Mario Eremita. He made the “Cycling and free Press Nike”.
The “cycling and free press Nike” was awarded to Bernard Hinault on november 14 1985. He is to date the greatest champion on the history of french cycling.
Artwork presentation
The sculpture was made with pine wood iron and silver. It represents the Nike’s winged head, wings are in the manner of Mercury, they protrude from the sides of the skull and are made with Campagnolo hubs and silver wire, the bust and shoulders of the figure are idealized like newspaper sheets and made with hand-beaten silver plate. The whole is of the highest level of refinement and stylistic value well beyond the classic rhetoric of the trophy but firmly positioned in the field of the most authentic artistic sculpture.
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