Richard McLean

Still Life with Black Jockey
1969

A jockey in blue and yellow silks sits atop a dark brown racehorse wearing the number 5, while a man in a pink shirt and green pants holds the horse's bridle. They are positioned in front of a neatly trimmed hedge with tall palm trees in the background under a clear blue sky.

A jockey in blue and yellow silks sits atop a dark brown racehorse wearing the number 5, while a man in a pink shirt and green pants holds the horse's bridle. They are positioned in front of a neatly trimmed hedge with tall palm trees in the background under a clear blue sky.

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Date
1969

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 59 3/4 × 59 3/4in. (151.8 × 151.8 cm)

Accession number
70.17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/291

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

Richard McLean
1 work in the collection

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