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The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection, has opened at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris, France. The exhibition, which will run from April 28 to August 28, presents a selection of the most prestigious sports cars from the 1930s to the present day and outlines the main phases of the European automobile history.

 
 
 
 
A detail of a Bugatti 57 S (C) Atlantic 1938 vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition "The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection" at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
 

A detail of a Bugatti 57 S (C) Atlantic 1938 vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition "The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection" at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.

Photograph by: Charles Platiau, Reuters

 
A detail of a Bugatti 57 S (C) Atlantic 1938 vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition "The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection" at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
A Ferrari 250 LM, 1964, vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at vintage sports cars during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at an Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza, 1931 (bottom) and an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia, 1938 (top) vintage sports cars during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
A dashboard of a Jaguar XK120 Roadster 1950 vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
The logo of an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia 1938 vintage sport car.
An Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia 1938 vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition "The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection" at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
A Jaguar XK120 Roadster 1950 vintage sport car is seen during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at a Bugatti 57 S(C) Atlantic 1938 vintage sport car during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at a Bentley 'Blower' 1929 vintage sport car during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
A visitor pictures a Bugatti 57 S(C) Atlantic 1938 vintage sport car during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
A visitor looks at a Mercedes-Benz SSK 'Comte Trossi' 1930 vintage sport car during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Detail of a Bugatti 57 S(C) Atlantic 1938 vintage sport car.
A man takes a picture of a Mercedez-Benz 300SL 'Papillon', 1955, vintage sport car during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at vintage sports cars during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at vintage sports cars during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at vintage sports cars during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
Visitors look at vintage sports cars during the press day of the exhibition 'The Art of the Automobile, Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collection' at Les Arts Decoratifs Museum in Paris.
 
 
 
 
 

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