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DESIGNER UNKNOWN
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THE LEADERS. 1888.
22
1
/
8
x29 inches, 56
1
/
4
x73
3
/
4
cm. Currier & Ives, New York.
Condition A-: repaired tears at edges, one slightly into upper left image; light mat staining at edges; minor
staining in upper left margin and image. Paper. Matted and framed.
Horse racing, champion horses and other competitive equestrian imagery were some of the more
popular themes in the Currier and Ives catalogue. Beginning in the early 1880s, they produced more
than 500 distinct images in this category. Unlike many of their earlier lithographs which were hand-
tinted, this is one of their images which they printed using chromolithography.
[700/1,000]
F.R. (MONOGRAM UNKNOWN)
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CARRERAS DE CABALLOS. Circa 1900.
24
1
/
4
x36
3
/
4
inches, 61
1
/
2
x93
1
/
4
cm. J. Weiner, Vienna.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears in margins; restored loss in upper right corner. Framed.
A stock poster from the great Austrian lithographer, here overprinted for a Spanish horse racing event.
One cannot help but think that the artist was influenced by the ubiquitous Currier and Ives print
seen in the previous lot.
[700/1,000]
DESIGNER UNKNOWN
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THE BARNUM & BAILEY GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. 1898.
29
1
/
4
x36
3
/
4
inches, 74
1
/
4
x93
1
/
4
cm. Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati.
Condition A- / B+: repaired tears and creases in margins into text; tape stain through central image. Framed.
Unexamined out of frame.
Horse acts were incredibly popular under the American circus big tops. Acts featuring famous
equestriennes (such as Polly Lee, Louise Renz, Josephine Clark and May Wirth), Roman-era chariot
races, women jockeys, horse tricks, Shetland ponies, the Fire Horse Salamander, Hodgeni’s Bedouin
Beauties, the Konyot Family (Hungarian riders) and many others all made their appearances on
posters. For this spectacle, it was a literal horse race, rather than a show of performing horses. The
lithographer captured all of the sights of a heated race, from the colorful jockey liveries to the heavily
panting horses. This is the French version.
[700/1,000]
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