Vélodrome d'Hiver [vertical format]
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lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 281 x 213 mm Sheet: 360 x 277 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.3203
Art Historical Context
**Vélodrome d'HiverVertical Format)** * Horace Littlefield, 1929*Lithograph; image: 281 × 213 mm (sheet: 360 × 277 mm) in 1929, Horace Littlefield's *Vélodrome d'H* captures the electric energy of Paris's famed Winter Velodrome, a legendary indoor cycling track that hosted thrilling six-day races during the interwar years. Littlefield, an American artist born in 1902 and active in New York's vibrant art scene, produced this lithograph early in his career, before his shift toward abstract expressionism. The vertical format emphasizes the towering structure and dynamic verticality of the v...