Original painting, acrylic on board, signed and dated 1980. Framed within a swept dark red frame, and unglazed.

The Targa Florio was one of the first and most challenging automobile endurance races. The event was founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Florio, a car enthusiast and businessman, and by the 1920s it had grown in popularity to being a major event in the motor racing calendar. The circuit of the Madonie Mountains near Palermo, Sicily, with its hairpin bends and unmade roads, by 1977 – in a new era of safety – was deemed too dangerous and the event was discontinued. Today, the Rally Targa Florio is still held every May in Palermo, but strictly as a showcase event, for lovers of classic and historic cars.

Canvas size: 48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm). Overall size: 55 x 55 in. (140 x 140 cm).