Kleury.art - [XL MATTE PAPER] Industrial Blueprint 2.0: "Ferrari F500 F2" by Kleury.art (1/5)

LOT DETAILS
Title of the work: Ferrari 500 F2

Artist: Kleury.art

Edition: Limited to 5 copies

Dimensions: 70x50 cm (horizontal orientation)

Support: EMA Fine Art Paper (Enhanced Matte). The prestigious archival support ensures a smooth, opaque, dense, and completely glare-free surface. The ultra-matte finish of EMA paper enhances the intensity of the Rosso Corsa, the precision of contours, the sharpness of the measurements and technical captions, and the warm ivory tones of the background, guaranteeing impeccable color reproduction and intergenerational museum-grade preservation.

Technique: Digital technical illustration in a Technical Blueprint Plate style, inspired by homologation drawings and vintage figurines. The work adopts a clean, geometric graphic language: blocks of solid color, inked sharp outlines, and soft shading that model the slender cigar-shaped body. The four orthogonal projections of the car are accompanied by dimension lines, reference arrows, and captions in Italian (Artificial Intelligence used for the proportional calculation of the orthogonal projections, alignment of the dimensions and technical texts, and optimization for fine art printing).

Framing: Work sold unframed. Shipped with maximum care in a reinforced professional protective tube.

Authenticity: Digital Kleury.art stamp present on the work at the bottom left; digital certificate of authenticity, numbered, signed, and paired with the EMA edition provided upon request.

THE WORK
“Ferrari 500 F2” is a refined, historic, visually striking manifesto dedicated to the single-seater that brought Scuderia Ferrari its first world titles for drivers. Designed by Aurelio Lampredi and propelled by a compact inline four-cylinder engine, the 500 F2 dominated the 1952 and 1953 seasons of the World Championship, which was run under the Formula 2 rules at the time, delivering Alberto Ascari two consecutive titles and writing one of the most glorious pages in motorsport history.

The piece adopts a horizontal format and a layout true to a genuine archive technical plate. In the upper left, the historic Cavallino Rampante shield and the title “Ferrari 500 F2” dominate, with the “F2” acronym highlighted in deep red, followed by the subtitle “Four Cylinders / Single-Seater” and the inscription “1952–1953 — Technical Study.” On the right, the large outline-only number “500” emerges as a watermark on the ivory background.

The core of the composition consists of four projections of the car in a vivid Rosso Corsa, numbered in red and, for the first time in the series, enriched with reference arrows highlighting the most significant details:

01 / Side View, with the wheelbase dimension (2160 mm) and captions “Front longitudinal engine,” “Single-seat cockpit,” and “Rear-wheel drive,” reproducing the cigar profile with the long front hood, side vents, external exhaust, four-spoke steering wheel, small windscreen, and the tapered tail.

02 / Front View, highlighting the large oval grille, visible suspensions, and the narrow tires of the era.

03 / Rear View, with the teardrop tail, lateral exhaust, and the roll-bar behind the driver.

04 / Top View, with the caption “Spoked wheels,” which reveals the cockpit with leather seat and circular instrument panel, the fuel cap on the tail, the suspension arms, and the exhaust line running along the side.

The lower section, divided into four columns, houses the complete technical sheet in Italian:

Engine: Inline 4-cylinder located in the front longitudinal position, liquid-cooled, 1984.85 cm³, bore and stroke 90.0 × 78.0 mm, compression ratio 13:1.

Power and Transmission: 136 kW (185 HP) at 7500 rpm, naturally aspirated, 4-speed manual gearbox with reverse and rear-wheel drive.

Configuration: Formula 2 single-seater with front-engine, 2160 mm wheelbase, dry weight 560 kg, represented period 1952–1953.

Tech: designed by Aurelio Lampredi, dual overhead camshaft with 2 valves per cylinder, fuel injection via carburetors, tubular steel chassis, drum brakes on all four wheels.

A red graphic stamp, “Private Project – Independent Graphic Studio,” underscores the nature of an independent artistic study of the work.

WORDS OF THE ARTIST
“With ‘Ferrari 500 F2’ I wanted to pay homage to the origins of Ferrari’s legend in Formula 1. Before turbo engines, before wings and carbon fiber chassis, there was this small red single-seater, simple and essential, with a four-cylinder engine up front and a driver sitting in the open air. With it, Alberto Ascari brought the first world titles to Maranello, opening a story that continues to this day. I chose to draw it with the same care reserved for the series’ grand tourers, but this time I added reference arrows, as in the old didactic plates of mechanics manuals, to guide the eye toward the details that make a 1950s racing car unique: the external exhaust, the spoked wheels, the minimalist cockpit. The greatest challenge was to restore the purity of the cigar-shaped body, made of soft, continuous curves, in a graphic style with clean outlines and solid fills. I selected EMA Fine Art paper because its completely matte finish yields a full, velvety red with no reflections, making the reading of the measurements as precise as on an archival document. I hope this plate brings the heroic charm of racing from a bygone era, the cult of engineering simplicity, and the timeless glory of the Cavallino Rampante into spaces of display.”

ARTIST INFORMATION
Kleury.art consolidates its prestigious elite production on EMA archival paper, confirming an extraordinary visual culture and unparalleled stylistic mastery. Moving with absolute ease from the chromatic splendor of sport to the universe of pop and rock icons on canvas, to the irony of Toy Surrealism, to classic baroque reinterpretation and the fascinating Eastern woodcut plates, the artist confirms with this line of technical patents as one of the most versatile, complete, and internationally collectible digital signatures.