Nikolai Semenovich Samokish (1860-1944)
Lel - Portrait of a racing stallion
Lot 30
15 00020 000
Signed in Cyrillic 'N. Samokish' (lower left) and inscribed 'Lel' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
61 x 80 cm.
Provenience: private collection, Monaco
This painting depicts the Orlov Trotter 'Lel' and the rider Pavel Chernov. In 1894, Lel (Udaloy - Larochka) covered the distance of 3200m in 4.46 minutes and then 1600m in 2.16 minutes. Lel set his record in the third gita by beating the American stallion Flash.