The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse) | Albert Pinkham Ryder | 1896–1908

Albert Pinkham Ryder’s The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse), painted between 1896 and 1908, turns a familiar sporting setting into an ominous allegory. The sweeping curve of the track leads the eye through an emptied landscape, while the pale horse and its spectral rider give the scene a relentless momentum. Dense colour and simplified forms heighten its dreamlike atmosphere. Ryder’s compressed composition transforms the race into an image of mortality, where movement offers no release from the enclosing circuit.

Frame:

Created from high-quality wood, milled with simple clean lines and presented with a satin finish. Includes a snow-white mount that will not discolour or fade with age.

All framed prints feature our premium fine art paper. This is a museum-quality paper which reproduces photography and artworks with exceptional tonality and renders sharp details with consistent flatness and accuracy.

Print: 

For the matted / mounted prints we use a thick 2.4mm window mount cut from premium, textured mountboard. All mounts are "conservation grade", FSC certified, 100% acid free, and will not discolour or fade with age.

• Simple, elegant design
• Premium, fine art paper with a gently textured surface
• Handmade by specialist picture framers
• FSC certified snow-white mat / window mount
• Delivered ready for hanging

Sizes:

14 x 11 Inches = 35.6 cm x 27.9 cm

20 x 16 Inches = 50.8 cm x 40.6 cm