Edited Press Release
Keeneland Association and Cross Gate Gallery of Lexington, Ky., will collaborate to host the 10th annual Sporting Art Auction Friday, Nov. 18, at 4 p.m. ET in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion. Highly important works by celebrated artist Sir Alfred Munnings headline the Sporting Art Auction. Among the works by Munnings to be offered are two of the artist's most highly sought-after subject matters in Hop Pickers, Hampshire and Going Out, Epsom.
Going Out, Epsom is perhaps the most important work by Munnings to be offered at public auction in the last several decades. The painting's massive scale and compositional complexity differentiates this work from many of his other highly coveted depictions of racehorses at the start–the crowd of racegoers anxiously awaiting the race makes this piece truly unique. Hop Pickers, Hampshire is a seminal work in Munnings's oeuvre as this stunning portrayal of gypsy life, painted in 1913, represents the artist's first trip to paint a subject which he would revisit for years to come and would play a significant role in Munnings's ascension to the height of popularity in the British art world.
The 2022 collection comprises 180 high-quality lots representing fine sporting art and American paintings and sculpture by renowned masters of their genre such as John Frederick Herring Sr., Henry Stull, Richard Stone Reeves and David Shepard as well as influential animalier sculptors Emmanuel Fremiet, Isidore Bonheur and Alfred Jacquemart. Talented contemporary artists such as Andre Pater, Quang Ho, Peter Howell and Hunt Slonem round out the collection.
The Sporting Art Auction catalog is available online at thesportingartauction.com. The Keeneland Association's portion of the auction proceeds will benefit its non-profit initiatives.
The Sporting Art collection is open to the public for viewing in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion.
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