Whirlwind, Yankee, Vanitie, Enterprise and Weetamoe off Rhode Island, 1930
Details
Stephen J. Renard (British, b. 1947) Whirlwind, Yankee, Vanitie, Enterprise and Weetamoe off Rhode Island, 1930
signed 'Stephen J. Renard' (lower right)
oil on canvas
40 x 50 in. (102.5 x 127 cm.)
Lot Essay
These were the five J class yachts vying for the selction as defender against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V. This probably depicts racing in the summer off Newport