July 18, 2005

Weekly
Week of July 18, 2005
HTA 2005 ART AUCTION CATALOG NOW
ONLINE AT WWW.HARNESSTRACKS.COM
With 200 oils, watercolors, European
bronzes, woodcarvings and other treasures
catalogued, HTA’s 2005 art auction is ready
for viewing. The auction does not take
place until Saturday, Oct. 1, but thanks to
the computer wizardry of Jess Carner, with
able assistance from Cindy Knox, the
catalogue is up for 10 weeks of viewing.
Currier & Ives. A Brush for the Lead. New York Flyers
on the Snow. Large folio, 19.8 x 29.8, 1867.
This year’s auction is divided into four
sections. The first is original harness racing
art, numbers 1 thru 85, which will be sold starting at 8:30 a.m. This section includes
the largest collection of harness art ever offered by the Polish cavalry officerturned-artist, Zenon Aniszewski,
HTA’s most popular and successful
artist. Included in this section is an
original early work by George Ford
Morris, a beautiful painting of the
trotter Baroness done by Morris in
1906.
Section II consists of a superb
collection of Currier & Ives trotting
prints, numbers 86 thru 124, selling
Zenon Aniszewski. Perfect Timing. Watercolor, 15 x 22.75.
- more -
at 10:30, and including such
exceptional prints as Central
Park in Winter, Trustee, Stars
of the Trotting Track, Trotting
Cracks on the Snow, A Brush
for the Lead: New York Flyers
on the Snow, and Ready for the
Trot. Also being offered, in mint
condition, is Salvador Dali’s
American Trotting Horses #1
and American Trotting Horses
#2, hand signed by the world
renowned surrealist artist.
Zenon Aniszewski, Roma. Oil, 35 x 58.5.
A rarely seen Currier, lithographed from a painting by the English master J. F.
Herring Sr., also is in the auction, along with five Currier & Ives comics and an
original pen and ink drawing by Robert Dickey.
Section III, going under the hammer at
11:30 a.m., includes truly exceptional
equine bronzes by renowned European
masters. Isidore Jules Bonheur, Pierre
Jules Mene, Pierre Lenordez and Arthur
Waagen are represented in the collection.
Starting at noon, HTA offers 70 works
catalogued as The Glory of the Horse,
including paintings of thoroughbreds,
western horses, Indian ponies, carriage
horses, broncos, and show horses, and
Waagen, Boy Leading A Spirited Racehorse.
some beautiful prints as well. Work by Arthur
Bronze, 12 x 9.5 x 5.
Zenon Aniszewski, Helen Hayes, Svetlana
Gadjieva, Henry Stull, Alfred Edgerton Cooper, Richard Stone Reeves, George Ford
Morris, Santos Barbosa, Mostafa Keyhani, Sherry Blanchard Stuart, Alyson Champ,
David Pavlak, Joan MacIntyre and other well known equine artists are featured.
All net proceeds of the show, as always, go to the HTA College Scholarship Fund, a
501 (c) (3) charity. HTA tracks are invited to participate.
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