A Vanderbilt & Whitney Legacy: Property from the Collection of Marylou Whitney & John Hendrickson
American, 1851-1913
Nasturtium , 1901
Signed and dated Henry Stull/ 1901 (ll)
Oil on canvas
33 x 44 inches (83.8 x 111.8 cm)
Provenance:
William Collins Whitney, thence by decent in the family
Purchased by William Collins Whitney in 1901 for a then-record $50,000, Nasturtium (1899–1916) was celebrated as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt of 1901, the year this work was painted. He won three of his five starts, highlighted by a track-record victory in the Flatbush Stakes at Sheepshead Bay. Whitney set his sights on England’s 1902 Epsom Derby, sending Nasturtium abroad aboard a specially outfitted steamer, but the colt was unable to compete after falling ill shortly following his arrival.
Framed 36 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches
Condition
Relined; frame rubbing; scattered inpainting, mainly spots in the sky and along the edges; several spots in the horse and jockey and some spots in the foreground.