George Stubbs English, 1724-1806
Two hacks, 1789
Oil on panel
54.6 x 73.7 cm
21 1/2 x 29 1/8 in
21 1/2 x 29 1/8 in
Signed and dated 1789 lower right
Sold
Provenance
Painted for Henry Ulrick Reay
with Ackermann, New York 1938;
acquired from the above by Dr. Charles H Strub (1884-1958) by whom bequeathed to The Huntington Library Art Collections, 1958 by whom sold,
Christies New York, “Living with Art” 14th July 2016 as “After George Stubbs”
Exhibitions
Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum, 1955, No. 24Literature
Judy Egerton, George Stubbs, monograph and catalogue raisonne number 275 (illustrated in colour). Egerton's erroneous provenance conflates the two versions of this composition.