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Maurice Biais

1860-1934

[Champs de Course]. Circa 1897.

Condition B+: tears, losses, creases and abrasions in margins; slight rippling in image. Paper.

Here, much in the style of Sem (Georges Goursat), Biais captures a scene between races at a track. This was a work that was exhibited in New York City in 1901 at "the little gallery of Williams on Fifth Avenue, near Thirty-seventh street," as part of an exhibition of the artist's work. The New York Times art critic reviewing the show on October 19, 1901, describes a "long frieze-like picture called 'Champs de Course' . . . it is a procession of thin race horses mounted by jockeys; the faces of the latter are caricatures. Perhaps the underlying idea is a design for wall paper to be placed in the houses and fine stables of lovers of the turf" (The New York Times, October 19, 1901).
22x47½ inches, 55¾x120½ cm. Chaix, Paris.

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