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Racing Cars in Bright Red, Sports Illustrated Illustration - Sports Car - Pink

Creator: Bob Peak
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Punchy reds and zestful hot pinks convey a sense of intense motion and engine heat. The art is as much as color-field painting as a narrative work. It was a commissioned illustration for Sports Illustrated Magzine via Peak's famous rep Harvy Kahn. Bob Peak shows a close-up portrait of the helmeted drive and a wide side view of the car. The wide image of the car is precisely rendered on paper and pasted to the canvas which makes this a mixed-media work. This demonstrates Peak's creativity but doing the car in inks gave the artist more exactitude to the mechanics of the car technically correct. Signed lower right. The frame is a period frame and its joints are a bit loose. The plexiglass has a few skuffs.

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Laid Paper,Canvas,Acrylic
Condition:	Good. 1/4 inch of flaking paint under signature otherwise, the art is in excellent condition with bright saturated color. The frame however, is a but shaky and loose with imprecise joints and with scuffs on the plexiglass.
Styles / Movements:	Modernism
Incollect Reference #:	713907

Dimensions

W.	40 in;	H.	30 in;
W.	101.6 cm;	H.	76.2 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.