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The Horse Race Cursing and whipping like a madman, the scarlet jockey drew up on the turn, hung knee to knee, passed him by

Artist:

N.C. Wyeth

(American, 1882 - 1945)

The Horse Race
Cursing and whipping like a madman, the scarlet jockey drew up on the turn, hung knee to knee, passed him by

Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1928
Dimensions:
40 1/4 × 32 1/4 in. (102.2 × 81.9 cm)
Collection of S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
Accession number: SUPP2000.229
Research Number: NCW: 229
InscribedLower right: W
ProvenanceCharles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1928-1975; [Frank E. Fowler, 2008]; S. Hallock du Pont, Jr., 1975-2004; (Lexington, KY, The Sporting Art Auction (Cross Gate Gallery), Nov. 19, 2014);
References Douglas Allen and Douglas Allen, Jr., N. C. Wyeth, The Collected Paintings, Illustrations and Murals (New York: Crown Publishers, 1972), p. 199; Christine B. Podmaniczky, N. C. Wyeth, A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings (London: Scala, 2008), I.1063, p. 502; "The Sporting Art Auction," American Fine Art Magazine (Nov./Dec. 2014), p. 153
Curatorial RemarksThe Brandywine River Museum holds Scribner's unillustrated 1925 edition of Drums which the artist read in preparation for this commission and marked with notes throughout and on the endsheets (NCWS.95.239).
Image Source for printed Catalogue Raisonne:Transparency directly from painting
Photo Credit:S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.