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Creator:
Cecily Brown, born in London, England, 1969; lives and works in England and the United States
Title:
The Hound with the Horses' Hooves
Date:
2019
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 67 × 53 × 1 9/16 inches (170.2 × 134.6 × 4 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased with an anonymous gift
Copyright Status:
© The Artist
Accession Number:
B2021.12
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
abstract art
Access:
On view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83217
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“Like seeing some kind of abomination at high speed” is how Brown describes this vivid hunting scene, which features her characteristic gestural brushwork and expressive use of color. The shapes of a hound and a horse racing through woodland are suggested by the blurring of figurative forms and the abstract marks in both the lower right and the center of the painting. Inspired by the historic British hunting pictures that traditionally hung in the estates of wealthy landowners, Brown’s fractured composition hints at the brutality not only of the sport but also of the British class system.

Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2025

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]

Cecily Brown at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Art Foundation, Woodstock, 2020, p.125, NJ18 .B83054 A12 2020 Oversize (YCBA) [YCBA]


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