Robert Riger
American, 1924–1995
Racehorse: The Jockeys - Eddie Arcaro
INV-2076
Robert Riger
American, 1924–1995c. 1957
Racehorse: The Jockeys - Eddie Arcaro
Robert Riger American, 1924–1995 →chromogenic color printphotographic process
Date
c. 1957
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 38.6 × 49 cm (15 1/4 × 19 5/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 55.9 cm (18 × 22 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Robert Riger
An illustrator, photographer, cinematographer, and television director, Robert Riger was one of the most acclaimed visual interpreters of sports in his day. Hugh Edwards championed his work, mounting two shows of his photographs (on football, in 1962, and the racetrack, in 1964) and hosting a massive exhibition, Man in Sport, organized by Riger. This photograph is from the racetrack series, which showcased horses, trainers, jockeys, and owners; the museum acquired 20 of these the year that they were shown. Edwards praised Riger’s “abstracts of rounded and rhythmical gesture,” demonstrated here as the horse’s legs blur in motion while the jockey remains forever concentrated and stilled.
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