Teuf-Teuf Musee Schlumpf Special Issue

Carres d'Art > Carres Hermes Editions Speciales

Published for Fritz Schlumpf in anticipation of the opening of the Schlumpf Museum.

• The Cite de l'automobile - Musee National - Collection Schumpf in Mulhouse, France, housed the most important car collection in the world. The schumpf brothers, particularly Fritz (1906-1992), wealthy textile industrialists with a passion for vintage cars, had invested a fortune in collecting the most beautiful vintage cars in the world, with a preference for Bugattis.
  • The following anecdote is full of history and deserves to be told. Fritz Schumpf was an admirer of Hermes for the prestige of the brand and the exceptional know-how of its craftsmen. He met Robert Dumas, then president of the Hermes company, in a picturesque and timely manner.  While Fritz was at an international trade fair in the late 196os, a man approached him and complimented him on his waistcoat fastened with curious little carved ivory buttons... It was Robert Dumas. The two men quickly became friends and exchanged views on their professional lives and on cars, one of their common passions. From there a great friendship was born, but also a beautiful idea.
  • The project to create a Hermes scarf especially for the museum was launched! Fritz came up with ideas and provided documents to Philippe Ledoux who worked as a designer for Hermes. On two occasions, Philippe Ledoux presented Fritz with a project. The drawing chosen by Fritz shows Ledoux, identifiable by his sideburns, sitting at the wheel of one of the cars and standing next to the second. Next to him is a different woman in each of the two drawings. The first one shows Arlette, with her blond hair loose and her hands on her hips. In the other one, the young girl with a beautiful round face wrapped in a scarf tied in the shape of a traditional Alsatian headdress is Martine, Arlette's daughter. Fritz gave his agreement to Hermes in January 1971 and placed an order for 1,475 scarves in 11 colours. The production was reserved entirely for Fritz Schlumpf who wanted to offer his scarves as a souvenir to the guests of the opening of the museum. As this never took place, the scarves remained in the family until 2015, when part of them were sold at a Christie's auction house and the other part on the Schlumpf Museum's website, which is now completing the sale of dozens of pieces still available. The scarves put on the market in 2015 suggested that there had been a reissue, but this is not the case.
• Sold on the Schlumpf Museum website / 11 colours / 1,475 copies / 90 x 90 cm / 100% silk