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Percheron Mare: Messaline and Foal

Herbert Haseltine American, born Italy
1922–24; cast 1925
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
Haseltine’s series British Champion Animals, begun in 1922, eventually numbered twenty-six, and included Percheron Mare: Messaline and Foal, and its companion group Percheron Stallion: Rhum (MMA 26.160.1). Both works, which depict the celebrated French breed of heavy horses, reflect the dominant influence Egyptian art exercised on the artist’s work of the 1920s. Here it is particularly indicated by the rigid stance and emphasis on frontality and contour. Messaline and her foal by Rhum belonged to Mrs. Robert Emmet of Moreton Morell in Warwickshire, England. The mare was bred in France and accumulated many first prizes at British agricultural shows between 1917 and 1922.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Percheron Mare: Messaline and Foal
  • Artist: Herbert Haseltine (American (born Italy), Rome 1877–1962 Paris)
  • Date: 1922–24; cast 1925
  • Medium: Bronze,onyx , ivory
  • Dimensions: 21 3/4 × 29 × 12 1/2 in. (55.2 × 73.7 × 31.8 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. George Blumenthal, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.160.2
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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