Art Collections: Paintings

Waiting in the Wings

Robert Kennedy Abbett, (American, 1926-2015)
oil on panel, 18 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches
National Sporting Library & Museum, Gift of Kavar Kerr, 2024, copyright Robert K. Abbett
2024.2.2
copyright retained by the artist's estate

The foreground shows four riders on horses in profile, facing left. From left to right: the first is a brown horse and the rider wears a gray jacket and pants with black helmet and boots; the second in line is a brown horse with the rider wearing a gray jacket and black helmet. The third horse is blocked by the second one - that rider is also wearing a gray jacket and black helmet. The fourth rider, wearing a blue jacket, gray pants, and black helmet and boots, is on a white horse. We can tell that there are bibs with numbers on the riders' backs, but cannot read them. To the right is a back view of a rider wearing a blue jacket (with numbered bib) on a brown horse. In the background are more horses and riders. They are in a manicured field with trees in the background.

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