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Wild Horse Race by Frank Mechau
Wild Horse Race

Wild Horse Race

Artist
Year1936
Classification painting
Dimensions68 1/2" H x 169 3/4" W Framed: 75 1/2" x 177"
Credits Treasury Relief Art Project, 1935 - 1938
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location


  • Commissioned for the US Post Office in Glenwood Springs, Colorado in 1936 through the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP).



    The central figure is "earing down" on the bucking bronco, a practice of biting the ear of a horse in order to make them still.