Sunday, June 4, 2017

Eldon Dedini: Concours d'Elegance

On March 23, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance wrote on its Facebook page:
#tbt 1966: Eldon Dedini creates not one but two posters for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance; the original art is offered as a gate prize and unused posters are sold to the public for charity. Dedini, who is perhaps best known for his cartoons for Esquire, The New Yorker and Playboy, goes on to create 11 posters for 9 of our Concours.
Eldon Dedini's obituary in the Times cites thirteen such posters, but the Concours count should be more reliable. The original posters have become nearly impossible to find. Recently, a set of two smaller poster handbills in limited colors sold for $1,100 on eBay. They are included below.

Eldon Dedini, 16th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1966
One of two 1966 posters



Eldon Dedini, 16th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1966
One of two 1966 posters
Poster reproduction


Eldon Dedini, 17th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1967
Poster reproduction


Eldon Dedini, 17th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1967
Poster handbill?




Eldon Dedini, 18th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1968
One of two 1968 posters
Poster reproduction


Eldon Dedini, 18th Annual Concours d'Elegance

Pebble Beach, California, 1968
One of two 1968 posters
Poster reproduction
Eldon Dedini, 19th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1969
Poster reproduction


Eldon Dedini, 20th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1970
Poster reproduction


Eldon Dedini, 20th Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1970
Handbill
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-of-RARE-Pebble-Beach-Concours-Orig-Promotional-Posters1970-amp-71-Dedini-/302283782498?nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557



Eldon Dedini, 21st Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1971
Poster
Eldon Dedini, 21st Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1971
Poster handbill
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-of-RARE-Pebble-Beach-Concours-Orig-Promotional-Posters1970-amp-71-Dedini-/302283782498?nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
Eldon Dedini, 21st Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1971
Poster handbill detail
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-of-RARE-Pebble-Beach-Concours-Orig-Promotional-Posters1970-amp-71-Dedini-/302283782498?nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557



Eldon Dedini, 22nd Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1972
Poster reproduction

Eldon Dedini, 23nd Annual Concours d'Elegance
Pebble Beach, California, 1973
Poster reproduction


Note:  I seem to be missing one Eldon Dedini Concours d'Elegance poster, if not three. A few could use a larger image. As always, I'd love to see the original art. The 1969 poster art is in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, but there isn't an online image yet. What about the rest?


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