Jean-Pierre Cassigneul (Born 1935)
Title: Longchamp No 2
Medium: Original Lithograph, 1972, in 7 colours, on Arches paper, signed by the artist in pencil
Edition: Artiusts proof - from a signed and numbered edition of 175
Size: Image : Sheet : 63 x 46 cms - Image : 60 x 45 cms
Printed by: Bellini Imprimeur, Paris
Reference: Cassigneuls's Graphic Work 1965-1988: Catalogue Raisonne, Roger Passeron; Jean-Francois Josselin Number 41, page 59
Published by: Vision Nouvelle, Paris.
Note: They artist made a previous version of this in 1967 (Roger Passeron 3). The work shows a fashionable lady with a wide brimmed floral hat surveying the horse on the track.
Longchamp is a first-class racecourse, the equal of any in the world. It is located on the Route des Tribunes in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, boasting a 57 hectare horse-racing facility that has been in use since 1857. In the world of flat racing, there are few courses more celebrated.
