The equine art auction conducted in Lexington, Ky., by Harness Tracks of America for 28 years frequently delivers collectible and museum-quality art. The next edition is Saturday, with a preview tomorrow through Friday at the Red Mile, 1200 Red Mile Road.
Organized by Arizona-based Harness Tracks of America to support its college scholarship fund, the exhibit and auction have expanded this year to an all-breed event.

Major works include a previously unknown watercolor and oil by George Ford Morris (1873-1960) found in New England and traced to Kentucky collector Richard Stone of Sadieville.
Morris painted it in 1906, early in his 70-year career as one of the nation’s greatest horse artists.
It shows the trotting mare Baroness with owner Arnold Lawson driving on a wooded path. Presumed a commissioned piece, it is not part of Morris’ 1952 collected works, published as the epic “Portraitures of Horses.”

Also among the 200 works on the block are bronzes by five of Europe’s best 19th-century animaliers (people who create animal art); 40 Currier & Ives prints and comic narratives; a 1971 pair of equine images by Salvador Dali; and 21 paintings by former Polish cavalry officer Zenon Aniszewski.

For more information, call (520) 529-2525.

Catalogs are at http://www.elegantequineart.com/

Posted: 09|26|05 at 8:47 am. Filed under: US News.