Somerset Maugham and Peter Ustinov. PEN-Congress, Nice 1952. Car: Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A

In Nice for the 1952 PEN-Congress, writer Somerset Maugham is captured mid-sentence at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet A. Standing on the pavement, a young Peter Ustinov, wearing a dark beret, looks on. The animated outdoor scene is set against a wall of posters advertising the Loterie Nationale for the Grand Prix de Paris, rooting the moment firmly in the atmosphere of the French Riviera.

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