George Tilyou’s Steeplechase

Reginald Marsh, George Tilyou's Steeplechase, 1932, oil and egg tempera on linen mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.60
Reginald Marsh, George Tilyou's Steeplechase, 1932, oil and egg tempera on linen mounted on fiberboard, 30 1⁄8 x 40 1⁄8 in. (76.5 x 101.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.60

Artwork Details

Title
George Tilyou’s Steeplechase
Artist
Date
1932
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
30 1⁄8 x 40 1⁄8 in. (76.5 x 101.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil and egg tempera on linen mounted on fiberboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Recreation — sport and play — racing
  • Architecture Exterior — commercial — recreation
Object Number
1986.6.60
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.60

Artwork Description

Steeplechase Park was one of three amusement parks at Coney Island in Brooklyn. Here Marsh showed a couple astride one of the mechanical horses that raced around the Pavilion of Fun on iron rails that, in places, were as high as thirty-five feet above the ground. The nested bodies of the sailor and the girl exude the passion of young love, although the strained expression on the woman’s face may signal the transience of their affection.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (97 items)

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Reginald Marsh, Locomotives, Jersey City, 1934, oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Felicia Meyer Marsh, 1979.127.1
Locomotives, Jersey City
Artist
Date1934
oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
On view
Reginald Marsh, Untitled, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.127.4
Untitled
Artist
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Reginald Marsh, Erie Railroad, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.104
Erie Railroad
Artist
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Reginald Marsh, Golf Course Scene, 1922, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James F. Dicke Family, 2014.12.10
Golf Course Scene
Artist
Date1922
oil on canvas
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 1986.6.100 - SAAM-1986.6.100_2 - 135134
Modern American Realism: Highlights from the Sara Roby Foundation Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This exhibition presents some of the most treasured paintings and sculpture from SAAM’s permanent collection, including artworks by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, George Tooker, among others.