The Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Dick Collection of English Sporting and Conversation Paintings - Parts One and Two Sotheby & Co
$150
2 part series.
Part One
w/ 42 lots
Part Two
w/ lots 45-92
Sotheby & Co
1973
10" x 7 1/2"
These auctions burst like a rocket over the art world, setting many record prices for the day and helping establish 17th-early 20th-century British sporting art as a serious field for collecting and study. Works by Stubbs, Ferneley, Marshall, Seymour, Pollard, Herring, Ward, and many other painters. The subjects are racing, hunting, coaching, portraits of horses and groups (including some women riding aside), and some field sports. Captions of varying lengths face all the plates. Jack Dick was Paul Mellon's chief rival as a collector of British sporting art.
The first two of four parts of this landmark series of sales, complete in itself. Many masterpieces by Stubbs, Ferneley, Seymour, Marshall, Pollard, Herring, Alken, Ward, etc. Racing, hunting, driving, portraits of horses and groups, some field sports, Jack Dick was Paul Mellon's chief rival as a collector of British sporting art.