John Steven Dews (b. 1941)
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John Steven Dews (b. 1941)

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, 1-7 October 2006: Lulworth hard on the wind off St Tropez

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John Steven Dews (b. 1941)
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, 1-7 October 2006: Lulworth hard on the wind off St Tropez
signed 'J. Steven Dews' (lower left) and inscribed '"Hard on the Wind"/ -"Lulworth" racing off St Tropez Oct. 2006' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm.)
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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Formerly known as La Nioulargue, Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez began as a challenge between Jean Laurain, the owner of the 12-metre Ikra, and Dick Jason, the American owner of Pride (Swan 44). In 1981 they agreed to race between Saint-Tropez and the restaurant Club 55 at Pampelonne, using as a turning mark La Nioulargue, a buoy marking the Nioulargo shallows some five nautical miles east-north-east off Cap Camarat. After a tragic accident in 1995, the regatta was renamed Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez and now attracts modern high performance racing yachts as well as the finest collection of traditional yachts worldwide.

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