Percheron Stallion: Rhum

1922–24; cast 1925

Not on view

Haseltine’s series British Champion Animals, begun in 1922, eventually numbered twenty-six, and included Percheron Stallion: Rhum and its companion group Percheron Mare: Messaline and Foal (MMA 26.160.2). 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. Haseltine’s use of onyx for the eyes and of coral for the bows that embellish its mane and tail can be related to ancient Egyptian decorative objects. The sculpture was based on a specific champion horse, Rhum, foaled in 1917 and owned by Mrs. Robert Emmet of Moreton Morell in Warwickshire, England.

Artwork Details

Title: Percheron Stallion: Rhum
Artist: Herbert Haseltine (American (born Italy), Rome 1877–1962 Paris)
Date: 1922–24; cast 1925
Medium: Bronze, coral, ivory, gilt
Dimensions: 28 × 26 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (71.1 × 67.3 × 25.7 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. George Blumenthal, 1926
Object Number: 26.160.1
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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