Art
Famed equine artist Pierre "Peb" Bellocq portfolio of prints
- Item Number
- 147
- Estimated Value
- 3000 USD
- Sold
- 1000 USD to buddah17
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
For the collector:Famed equine artist Pierre "Peb" Bellocq portfolio of prints, commissioned by Penny Chenery in 1973. Contains over thirty (30) Secretariat and Riva Ridge sketches on matte linen paper inside a custom art box.
Item Special Note
About Peb
There may in fact be such a thing as a sure thing in horse racing. Every time cartoonist Pierre Bellocq, better known as Peb, is featured on the pages of the Daily Racing Form he's going to provoke you in some way, whether it's to laugh, to cry, to think or to just smile. It's been that way since April 1, 1955 when Peb's first cartoon, one coinciding with opening day at the old Jamaica Racetrack, appeared on the pages on the Morning Telegraph, then the sister paper of the Racing Form.
Like most of the rest of us, he enjoys the aspects of the sport that bring out its beauty and its class. You'll often find Peb working on a sketch in the paddock at Saratoga, but it will be a rare day that he's at Aqueduct in the winter. " I have tried to bring my heritage and my background from France into this job," he said. "In France and in England, you still find an element of sport and beauty that is at the heart of the racing there. I try to depict that in my drawings. In America, the outlook is a little different. I try to export from my country the sophistication, the charm and the beauty of horse racing and translate it into racing in this country with the addition of humor. Sometimes people may find what I do to be esoteric because I still look at things through the eyes that fell in love with European racing." No such explanations are needed. The important part if that he makes people laugh and think and has done so for over 50 years. It's been a remarkable run.
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