CHRISTIAN HENRY TAVARD CHAR LÉGER MARK VI DE LA "ROYAL ARMOURED FORCE" BRITANNIQUE 1936-1941

stamp ‘ Collection Monographie Automobile’; inscription ‘Production Christian Tavard’ (upper right) original drawing Indian ink on tracing paper 64 x 49 cm Provenance: collection of the Musée de l'Automobiliste in Mougins, South of France (1984 – 2008), created by Adrien Maeght, son of Aimé Maeght, famous French art dealer, collector, lithographer, and publisher; Private collection, Monaco. The Light Tank Mk VI was a British light tank, produced by Vickers-Armstrongs in the late 1930s, which saw service during the Second World War. CHRISTIAN HENRY TAVARD was a specialist in technical drawing, and the editor-in-chief of the famous magazine "L'Automobiliste" created by Adrien Maeght in the 1980s.