150 / 196
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WINSOR McCAY.
“Death at the Races.” Pen and ink on paper. 146x311 mm; 5
3
/
4
x12
1
/
4
inches, on 9
1
/
2
x15
1
/
2
-
inch board. Signed in lower right image. Matte burn to margins and extreme edges. Nd,
circa 1910.
[4,000/6,000]
For this work, McCay was heavily inspired by Albert Pinkham Ryder’s painting,“The Race Track
(Death on a Pale Horse),” circa 1896-1908 and Edward Muybridge’s groundbreaking series of
motion study photographs,“Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (The Horse in Motion),” 1878. Using the
subject matter of Pinkham Ryder’s painting and the results of Muybridge’s experiment, McCay’s
image accurately portrays a horse at full stride. Later, in 1914 McCay used Muybridge’s innovative
process to help create “Gertie the Dinosaur,” one of the first animated films ever made.
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DAVID LEVINE.
Pietà. Illustration for “David Levine’s
Choice:The Artist’s Favorite Drawings from
The NewYork Review of Books,
” published in
1970. Pen and ink on paper. 140x170 mm;
5
1
/
2
x6
3
/
4
inches on paper measuring
13
1
/
2
x10
3
/
4
inches. Signed and dated [19]68,
lower right,
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO ART
CRITIC HILTON KRAMER
in black ink, lower
right margin.
[800/1,200]
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