ITEM ID#: Barber03
CASE NUMBER: #06-00281-TUC-EWH
CASE NAME: Barber, James & Eloise E.

DESCRIPTION OF ITEM: 3 of 3 framed lithographs by Jenness Cortez. This lithograph is of Sunday Silence, 1989 Horse of the Year, Victorious in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Trainer: C Whittingham; Jockey: C. McCarron; Owners: A Hancock III, C. Whittingham and E. Gaillard. There is a sketch of Sunday Silence in the lower left-hand corner with initials “JC” and year “90″. On the back of the frame is a sticker from Classic Gallery of Sport (out of Averill Park, New York). Buyer will be responsible for shipping and insurance costs.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: From her rural Averill Park studio, nestled between the Berkshire and Catskill Mountains, painter Jenness Cortez has, since 1976 dedicated her creative energy to capturing the essence of the world around her. She is a realist in approach, but all her images have always been filtered through the heart. Born in Frankfort, Indiana, Jenness Cortez began her formal art studies at the age of sixteen under the guidance of noted Dutch painter, Antonius Raemaekers. Cortez has a solid fine arts background, having graduated from the Herron School of art in Indianapolis and studied at the Art Students League of New York. Beginning in 1977, Jenness Cortez received international acclaim for her sporting paintings and her masterful depictions of the Saratoga racing tradition. Regardless of subject– landscape, human or animal, the work of Jenness Cortez exhibits a mystical ability to capture the soul of her subjects and to communicate poetically the essence of the moment and the place.