Vente aux enchères en direct 2146219th Century American Art
HERBERT HASELTINE (1877-1962)
Lot 331Property from the Prominent Collection of Mrs. Virginia Kraft-Payson

HERBERT HASELTINE (1877-1962)

Tom Fool

Fermé19 January 2023

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HERBERT HASELTINE (1877-1962)
Tom Fool
inscribed 'Herbert Haseltine/1959' (on the base)—inscribed 'TOM FOOL.FOALED 1949/SIRE.MENOW/DAM.GAGA' (on the front of the base)
bronze with reddish brown patina and stone
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) high on a 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) marble base
Modeled and cast in 1959.

The artist.
(Probably) Joan Whitney Payson, New York, commissioned from the above, 1959.
Charles Shipman Payson, New York, 1975, by descent.
By descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Kentucky-bred Tom Fool was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse awarded American Horse of the Year after going undefeated in ten races in 1953, and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1960. He sired an award-winning bloodline of racehorses including most recently the 2015 Triple Crown winner, American Pharaoh. The present bronze has descended in the family of Tom Fool's owners, Mrs. Charles Payson and John Hay Whitney, who acquired him as a yearling for their major thoroughbred stable known as Greentree Stable. This rare sculpture was probably commissioned directly from the artist who likely only produced less than ten casts total.