Bidspirit auction | Dion Pears Formula One Race

Dion Pears Formula One Race Painting - Dion Pears (British, 1929-1985). Oil on canvas painting depicting three Formula One cars engaging in a race. The cars are backed by a crowd of fans in front of a large forest. Signed along the lower left. Height: 28 in x width: 36 in. Condition: There is craquelure throughout including spiral cracks with accompanying indents to the canvas from impacts. Several larger cracks along the upper margin in the tree line: the largest cracks measure 11 inches, 5 inches, and 9 inches in length, respectively. Networks of yellow-brown accretions throughout. Yellowed varnish throughout. Some surface marks/scuffs. Foxing to the verso, visible in the lot listing. Wear to the extreme edges. The work is not framed.