13 August 2024

By Göran R Buckhorn

The other day when David Laude in Maine was cleaning out his attic for a yard sale, he found a print, a lithograph, by the well-known American artist John “Jack” Gable.

Gable, born in 1944, is a contemporary realist painter known for his vivid use of colour, light and detail, and for his extraordinary breadth of subject matters. He is particularly known for his sports prints. Gable has established an international reputation among sporting art collectors and is known as the Dean of Rowing Painters. He is also known for his murals.

The print that David found in his attic (see above) is a “rowing” lithograph showing a so-called Power Ten Dinner. “Power Ten” is an organization which celebrates and supports the sport of rowing at black-tie affairs. The dinner attracts, in the words of rowing historian Tom Weil, “a significant number of American rowing movers and shakers.”

When I looked for more information about the print, I found that Mystic Seaport Museum has in its collection the print “Power Ten”, “published by Arundel Point Publishing House in Kennebunkport, Maine, for Power Ten New York Inc.; circa 1992.”

However, David contacted Gable, who also lives in Maine, and the artist told him that the print was published sometime in the 1980s.

The print is approximately 24″ x 31.5″.

David writes that “there is a discoloration in the upper right corner, possibly water stain.” He continues to say, “I would like it to end up with someone with a connection to HTBS or an appreciation for John Gable.”

If you have an interest to put a bid on the print, please contact David at email: dslaude – at – gmail – dot – com

Here is an interview with John Gable: