salvador SCARPITTA
"Racing Car", 1965
Exhibition mailer/invitation, Leo Castelli Gallery NYC 4 E 77th St.
21 x 15.5 in.
Condition:
Very Good- age toning, staple and holes, some torn edges (see pics).
Provenance:
Gift from artist
"Salvatore Scarpitta (b. 1919, New York City; d. 2007, New York City) was an artist, filmmaker, World War II “monuments man,” and race-car driver and team owner.
The Brooklyn-born son of a Sicilian father and Russo Polish mother, Scarpitta established his reputation in Rome before returning to the United States to join art dealer Leo Castelli’s legendary gallery in 1959. As an artist and racing enthusiast, Scarpitta was inspired by the speed, design, and performance of automobiles.
Racing Cars reexamines his postwar American art through his racing-themed artwork, chronicling the artist’s remarkable trajectory."