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Oil on canvas Signed, inscribed "Crusader, 1923, by Man o' War - Star Fancy" and "1929, Lexington" Provenance: Normandy Farm, Pennsylvania Strassburger Family Bred by Samuel D. Riddle and raced by Glen Riddle Farm, Crusader saw the majority of his success during his 3-year-old season. Winning the Havre de Grace Handicap, Jockey Club Gold Cup, and Belmont Stakes, he was named U.S. champion 3-year-old colt and the U.S. Horse of the year. In 1927 he won the Suburban Handicap for the second year in a row and was later elected to the Racing Hall of Fame. Ignac Konrad (Hungarian/French, 1894-1969) Konrad was a painter, sculptor, and an engraver. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Budapest in his native Hungary. After serving seven years as a prisoner of war in Russia during World War I, he returned to Budapest and became a professor in 1921. He painted the Thoroughbreds of the foremost Hungarian stables. He was commissioned by American Thoroughbred breeder Ralph Beaver Strassburger to paint Man o' War, Fair Play, High Time, Bubbling Over, Black Servant, and as many as five other stallions.