Lot 383

Hershey 2023

'The Wasp' by Stanley Wanlass, 1993

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$25,300 USD | Sold

United States | Hershey, Pennsylvania

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Stanley Wanlass

Bronze with painted highlights by the artist; mounted on a two-tiered base

Inscribed “S Wanlass ‘93”; one of an edition of 40

Executed in 1993

Dimensions: 30 × 12.5 × 12 in.

This impressive polychrome bronze depicts Ray Harroun piloting the six-cylinder, boat-tailed Marmon Wasp to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911. It is mounted on a two-tiered wooden display base and is fitted with a brass decorative band engraved with details of all the racers at the 1911 event.