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Steeplechase at Raincy, September 1832: No. 2. Le Point de Départ. Les paris sont ouverts (Primary Title)

Eugène Louis Lami, French, 1800 - 1890 (Artist)

1832
French
Paintings
Works On Paper
pen and ink with watercolor on paper
European Art
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 15 5/8 in. (20.48 × 39.69 cm)
Mount: 16 1/2 × 25 5/8 in. (41.91 × 65.09 cm)
Framed: 24 3/4 × 30 3/4 × 2 in. (62.87 × 78.11 × 5.08 cm)
93.73
Not on view
Inscribed in ink on mount, upper center: "La Course au Clocher"; upper right: "No. 2"; lower center: "Le Point du Départ. │Les paris sont ouverts"
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
"Thrill of the Chase: Steeplechase in Art" National Sporting Library & Museum, September 9, 2020 - March 22, 2021

"From Delacroix to Toulouse-Lautrec: French Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon", VMFA, Mellon Galleries, August 23, 1994 - February 12,1995.
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