Jockey Hitching Post

c. 1937

Elizabeth Fairchild

Associated Names
Elizabeth Fairchild

Artist, American, c. 1904 - 1979

The sculpture depicts a jockey in traditional attire. The figure stands upright with their left arm bent and slightly extended forward, while the right arm rests on their hip. The jockey wears a red jacket, white pants, yellow sleeves, tall black boots, and a yellow cap. The sculpture is placed on a plain base against a simple background, giving it a realistic appearance of a ready-to-race jockey.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.11478

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 90, pl. 282.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Elisabeth Fairchild

Wikidata ID

Q64558653

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