“Keeneland is delighted that Bank of America has joined our roster of corporate sponsors, who participate in a variety of events and activities here and play an important role in our success,” Keeneland Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Christa Marrillia said. “We thank Bank of America for their commitment to this community and the Thoroughbred industry and look forward to celebrating our new relationship.”

The Bank of America Preview Brunch begins at 10 a.m. and is for attendees of the Sporting Art Auction slated for noon.

“Keeneland is an iconic organization well-known for its high standards in the Thoroughbred industry not only in Lexington but also throughout the world,” said John L. Gardner, President Bank of America Kentucky. “Bank of America is honored to support Keeneland in these prestigious events, which also support our community as we expand and grow in Kentucky.”

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“We have been in a wonderful building for over 25 years,” said Cross Gate Gallery owner Greg Ladd. “But we have a lot of artwork to show and simply need a more upscale exhibition space. We can't be more excited to welcome our clients and potential art buyers to the new Cross Gate Gallery very soon.”

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Topping the auction was Andre Pater's War and Peace, a pair of signed and dated pastels, sold for $115,000, including buyer premium.

The high-priced Pater pairing was among 192 quality lots representing fine sporting art, American paintings and sculpture by renowned artists cataloged.

Fishing on the Elkhorn, a signed oil by popular Kentucky artist Paul Sawyier, brought the second-highest price of $100,050.

Works by Kentucky native Henry Faulkner commanded four of the auction's top prices: Taormina, a signed oil, sold for $59,800; Midway, a signed oil, went for $57,500; Penthouse for Alice, an oil signed, inscribed and dated '74 verso, brought $46,000; and Ode to Edith Piaf, a signed oil, was purchased for $40,250.

Peggy Kaufmann's Holding Tight, a signed bronze dated 2018, brought $46,000.

Other notable works sold as part of the Sporting Art Auction were Henry Stull's The Inaugural Running of the Connaught Cup 1912, Old Woodbine, an oil signed and dated 1912, for $42,550;

Richard Stone Reeves' Affirmed, an oil signed, inscribed and dated '90, for $40,250; Claude Grosperrin's La Coupe d'Argent a Deauville, a signed oil, for $40,250; and a 19^th century American copper and zinc Weathervane of Lexington, for $37,950.

All prices include buyer premium.

In keeping with its mission, Keeneland's portion of the auction proceeds will benefit its non-profit initiatives.

For more information, please visit thesportingartauction.com.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bidding on this year's auction of 188 high-quality lots representing fine sporting art, American paintings and sculpture by renowned artists was conducted online and via phone.

Gross sales for the Sporting Art Auction totaled $1,625,945.

LeRoy Neiman's Satchmo, an oil portrait of famed jazz musician Louis Armstrong signed, dated '61 and inscribed 'Satch,' sold for the day's second-highest price of $103,500, including buyer premium.  Neiman and Armstrong often crossed paths during their careers and held a mutual respect and admiration for each other's talent.

Bringing the auction's third-highest price of $72,000, including buyer premium, was Henry Stull's Domino with Jockey Up, an oil portrait signed and dated 1900. This depiction of Domino, a famed sprinter and breed-shaping sire, was part of the recent Tales from the Turf: The Kentucky Horse, 1925-1950 exhibit at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville.

Other notable works sold as part of the Sporting Art Auction were Henry Faulkner's Clay House, an oil signed, dated '71 en verso with sticker reading 'The Henry Clay House' for $47,150; Edward Troye's Cattle in a Landscape, an oil signed and dated 1848, for $42,550; Troye's Mambrino Patchen, an oil portrait signed and dated September 23, 1868, for $40,250; Neiman's Ascot Jockey, an oil signed, dated '65 and inscribed en verso for $40,250; and Andre Pater's Caravan to Appleby Fair, a signed oil for $40,250. All prices include buyer premium.

In keeping with Keeneland's mission, its portion of the auction proceeds will benefit its non-profit initiatives.

For more information, please visit thesportingartauction.com.

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, bidding on this year’s auction of 188 high-quality lots representing fine sporting art, American paintings and sculpture by renowned artists was conducted online and via phone. Gross sales for the Sporting Art Auction totaled $1,625,945.

LeRoy Neiman’s Satchmo, an oil portrait of famed jazz musician Louis Armstrong signed, dated ’61 and inscribed ‘Satch,’ sold for the day’s second-highest price of $103,500, including buyer premium. Bringing the auction’s third-highest price of $72,000, including buyer premium, was Henry Stull’s Domino with Jockey Up, an oil portrait signed and dated 1900. This depiction of Domino, a famed sprinter and breed-shaping sire, was part of the recent Tales from the Turf: The Kentucky Horse, 1925-1950 exhibit at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville.

A portion of the auction proceeds will benefit Keeneland’s non-profit initiatives. For more information, visit thesportingartauction.com.

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While in previous years, the Sporting Art Auction sees paintings and sculpture auctioned from the iconic Keeneland ring, this year's sale will be conducted virtually. Those who were at Keeneland for the November Sale may also have noticed fewer works of art lighting their passage between the café and the back walking ring, as organizer Cross Gate Gallery sought to display this year's catalogue in smaller groups to discourage crowding from viewers.

Much like the sale that precedes it, the catalogue for the Sporting Art Auction varies a bit year by year.

“We want everyone to be able to find something that we like, so we do have 19^th Century British, and we extend all the way up,” said Bill Evans Meng, gallery director for Cross Gate Gallery in Lexington, Ky. “There are a lot of contemporary painters. I'm 37 and everyone my age is buying the new things. [The catalog] is maybe is a little more contemporary this year but sometimes you have to go with what you can find.”

Meng said he aims to have a healthy mix of time periods, styles, and subjects each year. While most feature horses either in racing or foxhunting contexts, there are often a few pastoral scenes as well as a few of hunting dogs, farm creatures, or fowl.

A few works were commissioned to depict specific horses. A trio of portraits from well-known equine painter Richard Stone Reeves depict Law Society, Coup De Feu and Mr. Right, while a signed collection of 12 prints from Franklin B. Voss (no relation to the author) is a fond look back at the top runners of the 1920s and 1930s, including Man o' War, Gallant Fox, Seabiscuit, and Discovery.

For Meng, works designed to immortalize a particular subject sometimes come along with the most interesting stories.

“The ones that are specific, they have a story and people like that,” said Meng. “I feel like all three of the Reeves this year, they had real connections to the connections. The one of the Coup de Feu was a father and son story – the father owned it and got his son started racing. Law Society was a big horse for Vincent O'Brien and of course shows his incredible training facility. The third Reeves, Mr. Right, came from the trainer and I got to talk to him a lot and he really liked the horse. When you do these specific ones, there's always a story and I think people connect to that.

“Of course a lot of our clients are horsemen and they're into bloodlines. They might know this was their horse's great-great-grandsire and that means something to them.”

In a somewhat unusual twist, this year's auction also features a human portrait from German/American artist Nicola Marschall of Daniel Swigert. Swigert and his Elmendorf Farm are two of the oldest names in the Kentucky Thoroughbred business, tracing back from the 1870s.

(We wrote about Elmendorf and Swigert in our Kentucky Farm Time Capsule series. Read that profile piece here.)

“When he was young he tried to build up what became Buffalo Trace Distillery and then he went on to become a great horsemen,” he said. “I knew about him, but I didn't know enough about him to appreciate it when I saw the painting the first time [10 or 12 years ago.]”

Lot 120, Early Morning Exercise, Green Lane as painted by Peter Howell

Other pieces are looser or more interpretative, allowing an owner or fan to see their own favorite horse in the lights and shadows. Painter Peter Howell's depictions of morning training at Keeneland and Newmarket are particularly good examples of this.

Then there are pieces likely to garner attention on name recognition alone. The catalog contains a number of sketches from the well-known Sir Alfred Munnings, as well as brightly-colored scenes from popular Henry Lawrence Faulkner and a landscape from Andrew Wyeth.

(Read more about Sir Alfred Munnings in this 2017 feature.)

There are also pieces with a sense of humor. Andrew Pater's 'The Empty Bowl' features a hound next to his empty dish wearing the dry, humorless expression all pet owners have experienced when they've dared to come home late. 'Antagonizing the Barn Cat' from George Armfield shows a faceoff between an irritated tabby and a trio of terriers poised to hop and play. Then there's Philip Eustace Stretton's 'Study of A Ginger Cat' displaying an enormous orange feline upon a regal crimson cushion.

“I've chuckled myself walking by it,” said Meng. “We don't get a lot of cat paintings, but we do have some clients that sort of got on a cat kick, so there you go. He's sort of looking majestic.

“They kind of would paint these animal genre scenes like that, where you'd see them acting out. Animals are going to be animals. I think they're something people can relate to, something lighthearted. Those do well, because people like to laugh.”

Lot 73, Study Of A Ginger Cat, 1908 by Philip Eustace Stretton

Art collectors, like breeders with an impressive base of broodmares, do not necessarily have a time clock on their investments. Some pieces may come to auction when an owner disperses their collection or as part of an estate sale. Other owners may look at the market and their particular piece's merits and try to read the tea leaves, deciding if this is the time to benefit from an increase in value. Meng tells people that their decision should ultimately come down to their relationship with a piece – and for some, that means they may decide to rebuff his overtures to selling.

“That's why we generally have 180 lots instead of 5,000 like at the Keeneland sale,” said Meng. “I tell people, you're the one who has to love it. You're the one who has to look at it every day. And if you love it, you shouldn't let it go.”

See this year's Sporting Art Auction catalog online here.

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The Sporting Art Auction catalog is available online at thesportingartauction.com.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Sporting Art Auction will not be conducted in person. Bids will be accepted via absentee, by phone through prior arrangement and online at www.crossgategallery.com, www.liveauctioneers.com and www.invaluable.com. Participants must register to bid in advance of the auction.

Inquiries are welcome at thesportingartauction.com, by email at info@sportingartauction.com or by calling Cross Gate Gallery at 859 233-3856.

Headlining this year's eighth Sporting Art Auction is Andrew Wyeth's Over the Hill, a watercolor painted by Wyeth in 1973 that remained in his personal collection until 2006.

Other notable works include a racing scene by Henry Stull titled Savable, Winner of the Futurity and Lord of the Vale, Second; two works by Edward Troye, highlighted by a rare depiction of Cattle in a Landscape; six works by LeRoy Neiman, including Satchmo and Front Runners; and five lots by celebrated Kentucky artist Henry Faulkner, among them Clay House.

Potential buyers may view artwork in the Keeneland Sales Pavilion and at Cross Gate Gallery Nov. 19-21 by appointment only and under strict COVID-19 protocols.

In keeping with Keeneland's mission, the Association's portion of the Sporting Art Auction proceeds will benefit its non-profit initiatives.

Also offered as part of the Sporting Art Auction is the unique Painted Horse Trilogy, a series of three fiberglass horses by Kentucky artists Carlos Gamez de Francisco, Helene Steene and Agustin Zarate. In partnership with LexArts, Keeneland, Breeders' Cup and Maker's Mark, the iconic pieces were created to celebrate the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland. Interested buyers may bid online now, and proceeds from the auction of each lot will benefit LexArts and the Central Kentucky arts community. Click here to learn more and browse The Painted Horse Trilogy.

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