Horseman in Front of the Sea

7 May 1992, sold at Sotheby''s (New York) auction (lot 227) to Simona and Jerry Chazen (New York, NY); 2012, given by Simona and Jerry Chazen to the Chazen Museum of Art (Madison, WI)

• Museum of Arts & Design. "Dual Vision: The Simon and Jerome Chazen Collection." New York: Museum of Arts & Design, 2005. pp. 37, 80-81
• Chazen Museum of Art. "Artscene." January-June 2012.

• Discerning Taste: Paintings from the Simona and Jerome A. Chazen Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 10/22/2011–3/11/2012
• Dual Vision: The Simona and Jerome Chazen Collection: Museum of Arts and Design, 5/26/2005–12/31/2005

This large-scale painting features a figure on horseback gazing at a sea reflecting a colorful sky. On the right side of the canvas, the figure, facing left in profile, looks down at the water below. The figure wears a long-sleeved tunic and pants in bright yellows, greens, and reds. Splashes of light illuminate the figure''s face and short, brown, curly hair. The figure sits upon a horse painted in a variety of brown tones. The water of the sea fills most of the canvas and is represented by many rows of short, undulating brushstrokes in vibrant, contrasting colors, including red, blue, orange, yellow, dark purple, pink, and white. The colors of the sea mirror the warm, golden sky filled with streaks of yellow, orange, pink, and hints of blue. 

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