Memories of Beauty (Secretariat)

 

Fay Moore (American)
American
Memories of Beauty (Secretariat)
Pastel on canvas on board
41 ¾ x 41 ¾ inches

Fay Moore is best known for her thoroughbred racing scenes, but she has expanded her work to include other forms of sports including hockey, football, baseball and squash. Her earlier works in oils and commissioned murals for racetracks and related corporations across the country established her as a national presence in the sporting art genre. Moore has worked in fashion, stage-design and window display, and has been on the faculty of the Yale Graduate School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Kansas City.

In the foreground and bottom of the work, there is a profile view of Secretariat in blue-green grasses next to a white farm fence. He is trotting to the left. In the top, Secretariat is racing to the right against a background of fiery colors. He is next to a white fence and his jockey wears a blue and white checked uniform. Texts in the upper left and lower right corners of the piece pertain to the horse’s racing career. The work is signed in the lower right corner.