Lot 151
  • 151

Richard Stone Reeves

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Stone Reeves
  • Spectacular Bid, W. Shoemaker Up
  • signed Richard Stone Reeves and dated 80, l.r., titled Spectacular Bid, W. Shoemaker Up, l.l.
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 by 28 in.
  • 71 by 71 cm.
  • Painted in 1980

Provenance

The Racing Scene, New York
Purchased from the above by the present owner, 1980

Exhibited

Washington, DC, The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Chicago, Historical Society; New York, The American Museum of Natural History, Champions:  Heroes of American Sport, June 1981-July 1982

Condition

Canvas is not lined. SURFACE: in good condition, canvas is a little loosed and buckles slightly at corners UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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