Live Auction 7470Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit Including Collection of a Nobleman Part I
A PAIR OF LIFE-SIZE MODELS OF JUMPING HORSES
Lot 170

A PAIR OF LIFE-SIZE MODELS OF JUMPING HORSES

BY TOM HILL, 2012

Closed20 November 2012

Price Realised

GBP 85,250

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A PAIR OF LIFE-SIZE MODELS OF JUMPING HORSES
BY TOM HILL, 2012
Each eventing horse formed of between 500-600 reclaimed horseshoes, galvanised and black painted, on a rectangular steel bases
126¾ in. (322 cm.) high; 136 in. (345.5 cm.) long overall;
The bases -- 121½ in. (308. cm.) wide; 39¾ in. (101 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

The current lot was featured beside the final fence, Obstacle Number 28, in the cross-country Equestrian Eventing at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park. Made of recycled horseshoes, each horse took almost three months to create. After the eventing the horses were moved to the front of the Queen's House in Greenwich Park for the remainder of the Olympics. Since the Olympics they have been exhibited at Burghley Horse Trials and at Ascot Champions Day.