Crepax Guido, 300 all’ora Lot n° 6

Illustration for the out-of-print volume published by Shell in 1960; ink, watercolor, and tempera on Schoeller card stock. 50x36 cm. Signed with monogram. "A sometimes brilliant race interrupted, broken, cancelled by the most trivial of failures. The driver jumps to the ground in a rush and pushes, pushes toward the fatal line the vehicle that has suddenly become very heavy...." Excellent state, in frame..,