The Colors of Racing
Rain or Shine
1988: The Saratoga Racing Season
Actually, I did no poster in 1988. But so many people asked about the missing year that in 1993 I finally produced this “retroactive” edition. It depicts the thrilling home-stretch action — and challenging weather — of the famous Travers Stakes at Saratoga Racecourse.
I just love the colors and shapes and clusters of shapes that umbrellas create. I love how the wetness intensifies the colors and separates a throng of thousands into little intimate groups — in just minutes.
$40 / $50
unsigned / signed
Saratoga version only
Poster
17" x 33" Open Edition
Paper: JOB Parilux Silk 115 lb. text
Four colors plus varnish
Typeface: ITC Garamond
Serigraph (silk-screen print)
Size: 8" x 14.5"
Paper: Arches 88 silkscreen paper from France
Edition: 55 prints, plus artist’s proofs
There is no Travers version of the 1988 poster.
Notes:
This poster was printed on a special printing press with 200-line screens using a waterless printing method.
Ordinarily, water or alcohol is used on a printing press to make the ink stick where you want it and stay away from where you don’t. With waterless printing, no fluids are used — it is the temperature of the ink that controls the process. It’s hard to do. But, done well, waterless printing can produce wonderfully rich, solid colors and fine detail.