Sporting Life
Sporting Life
Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry
Edward Troye
Mary Hadley in a Loose Box
Lot Closed
October 25, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry
Edward Troye
American
1808 - 1874
Mary Hadley in a Loose Box
signed and dated E. Troye / 1872 (lower right); inscribed Presented by/ E. Troye/ in token of friendship/ to/ James A. Grimstad/ Esq. (reverse)
oil on canvas
canvas: 30 by 23 1/5 in.; 77 by 59 cm
framed: 38 1/10 by 32 1/2 in.; 97 by 82.5 cm
Major Barak G. Thomas
Acquired by The Jockey Club, 1907
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America, 1832-1872, Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye, 1981, pp. 312, 343.
The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: The Horse in American Art, 2010, p. 2, illustrated, 91.
Speed Art Museum, Tales from the Turf: the Kentucky Horse, 1825-1950, 2019, cat. 52, p. 154.
New York, The Jockey Club
Kentucky, The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Hoofbeats and Heartbeats: The Horse in American Art, 22 August - 21 November 2010
Louisville, Kentucky, Speed Art Museum, Tales from the Turf: the Kentucky Horse, 1825-1950, 15 November 2019 - 1 March 2020, cat. 52
This head study in oil is a departure for Troye, who previously realized similar compositions only in charcoal. Her head, which occupies most of the shaped canvas, rests on the top of the lower half of her stall door. Her chestnut color is accentuated by a long white blaze, running from her forehead down her nose.