Sporting Life
Sporting Life
Property from the collection of The Jockey Club (US) for the benefit of initiatives in support of the Thoroughbred industry
American Eclipse in a Landscape
Lot Closed
October 25, 02:04 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
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
American Eclipse in a Landscape
signed and dated E. Troye./ 1834 (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 25 1/5 by 30 in.; 64 by 76.5 cm
framed: 33/14 by 38 1/5 in.; 84.5 by 97 cm
"Edward Troye, sporting artist," The Magazine Antiques, vol. CV, no. 4 (April 1974), p. 807.
John Hervey, Racing in America, 1665-1865, vol. I, 1944, p. 272.
Alexander Mackay-Smith, The Race Horses of America 1832-1872 Portraits and Other Paintings by Edward Troye. New York: The National Museum of Racing, 1981, pp. 22, 24, 42, 366, 377, 378, 414.
National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), Virginia, 2014, pl. 9, pp. 66-67, illustrated, 135.
Speed Art Museum, Tales from the Turf: the Kentucky Horse, 1825-1950, 2019, cat. 42, p. 152.
New York, Knoedler Art Galleries, Highlights of the turf : exhibition : paintings, bronzes, trophies, and books for the benefit of the New York Infirmary building fund, 20 April - 1 May 1948, no. 14
Georgetown, Kentucky, Georgetown & Scott Country Museum, Edward Troye, 13 July - 31 August, 2003
Virginia, National Sporting Library & Museum, Coming Home Series: Edward Troye (1808-1974), 26 October 2014 - March 29, 2015
Louisville, Kentucky, Speed Art Museum, Tales from the Turf: the Kentucky Horse, 1825-1950, 15 November 2019 - 1 March 2020, cat. 42