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LOT 22:
NIKOLAI SEMENOVICH SAMOKISH (1860-1944)
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NIKOLAI SEMENOVICH SAMOKISH (1860-1944)
Portrait of Lel, a racing stallion
Signed in Cyrillic ‘N. Samokish’ (lower left) and
inscribed ‘Lel’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
61 x 80 cm.
Provenance: 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.
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