The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone

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MICHAEL LYNE | LOOKING TOWARDS CHELTENHAM RACE COURSE (THE COTSWOLD ON CLEEVE COMMON)

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September 9, 04:46 PM GMT

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MICHAEL LYNE

British

1912 - 1989

LOOKING TOWARDS CHELTENHAM RACE COURSE (THE COTSWOLD ON CLEEVE COMMON)


signed Michael Lyne (lower right)

oil on canvas

canvas: 20 by 30 in.; 50.8 by 76.2 cm

framed: 23¼ by 33 in.; 59 by 83.8 cm

Heale Gallery, Somerset, England

Acquired from the above, September 2, 1985

Cheltenham Racecourse at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, is notable for its hosting of National Hunt horse racing, including the Cheltenham Festival. The March event features several Grade I races including the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the great jump races, won by King’s Company. As Michael Lyne depicts in the present work, the racecourse is set in a beautiful, natural amphitheater, just below the Cotswold Hills at Cleeve Hill.