Object Description
Cape Cross (13 March 1994 – 21 April 2017) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a son of the July Cup winner Green Desert and Cheveley Park Stakes, winner Park Appeal who was the Champion two-year-old filly in England and Ireland in 1984.
“Thousands of rolls of film. And when you look at one or two of them – spread out on a lightbox, through a Lupe, yellow Chinagraph poised: the way he insisted we all did for as long as he (John Reardon) could hold the digital world at bay – you see what an extraordinary gift he had.”
Cape Cross, “Hoof”, 2001, Edition 1/7 – Part of the Hermès Collection of Contemporary Photographs since November 2023 and this is number 2 from an Edition of 7.
CAPE CROSS, ‘HOOF’, 2001
Silver Gelatin Print, Mounted on Aluminium, Custom framed, UV protective Museum AR Glass
76 x 76 cm/ 30 x 30 in
Edition of 2/7
Series: Stallions