Albert Pinkham Ryder

The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)

c. 1896–1908
oil on canvas
70.5 × 90 cm (27.8 × 35.4 in)

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Counterclockwise horse racing in the United States was not standardized until the 1920s.

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