LOT 52 †

The 1921 XII Targa Florio winner's plaque by Duilio Cambellotti (1874-1960), formerly from the family of Count Masetti,

Estimate: £20,000 - £25,000

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Lot 52^†

The 1921 XII Targa Florio winner's plaque by Duilio Cambellotti (1874-1960), formerly from the family of Count Masetti,

Goodwood Revival: Collectors' Motor Cars and Automobilia|19 September 2026, 10:30 BST|Chichester, Goodwood

The 1921 XII Targa Florio winner's plaque by Duilio Cambellotti (1874-1960), formerly from the family of Count Masetti,

awarded to Count Giulio Masetti upon his victory in the Targa Florio in May 1921. The bronze commissioned by Count Vincenzo Florio who conceived the race, sculpted by the Italian Futurist artist, who also designed Florio's superb 'Rapiditas' magazine in 1908. The plaque, cast by the Florentine bronze foundry Picchiani e Barlacchi, This large and important example of Italian Futurist design, by one of its acknowledged masters, 29 x 42cm, exquisitely framed, with engraved plaque to front, 43 x 56cm overall.

Footnotes

The 1921 Targa Florio was won by Count Giulio Masetti (1895-1926), a young nobleman and scion of an ancient Tuscan family, driving his powerful F.I.A.T Tipo S.57. He had bought this from motor-racing legend Antonio Ascari for the 1919 Targa Florio, in which he finished 4th. He triumphed in 1921 and 1922, dominating the event through the early 1920s, but sadly perished in 1926 after overturning his Delage in that year's Targa Florio. The race was discontinued as a competitive event for safety reasons in 1977.

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