Ad Reinhardt

Museum Racing Form
1951

A detailed and satirical illustration titled "Museum Racing Form" by Ad Reinhardt, featuring a collage of comic-style drawings that parody horse racing with art and museum themes. The artwork includes various caricatures and humorous takes on art criticism, gallery exhibitions, and the art market, with sections labeled "the Grand National Annual Classic," "the Training Stables," "the Bandwagon," "the Race," and more, all filled with anthropomorphic figures and art-related puns.

A detailed and satirical illustration titled "Museum Racing Form" by Ad Reinhardt, featuring a collage of comic-style drawings that parody horse racing with art and museum themes. The artwork includes various caricatures and humorous takes on art criticism, gallery exhibitions, and the art market, with sections labeled "the Grand National Annual Classic," "the Training Stables," "the Bandwagon," "the Race," and more, all filled with anthropomorphic figures and art-related puns.

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Date
1951

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Collage, pen and ink, brush and ink, and graphite pencil on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 23in. (21.6 × 58.4 cm)

Accession number
76.47

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of an anonymous donor

Rights and reproductions
©Estate of Ad Reinhardt/Artists Rights Society (ARS)

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