“Completed in the mid 1960s, this painting was executed at the peak of his interest in the interpretation and depiction of galloping horses. “Toward the end of the fifties Rubin began to be much occupied with horses running in the desert as a subject for painting. He says he was inspired by his visits to the Negev. . . He would watch from afar the Bedouin horsemen galloping across the wastes where once Abraham sojourned and where Hagar had wandered with Ishmael, and to him the distant riders would take on the appearance of Biblical figures. . . He was fascinated by the mysterious atmosphere of the desert, and in several canvases there is a strong element of fantasy. The paintings become poetic symphonies of color, imbued with an atmosphere of mysticism; unlike most of Rubin’s work, they are not tranquil in spirit but filled with turbulence. . . He uses color arbitrarily; the horses are in blues, while the background, with a huge moon, is in greens.” (Sarah Wilkinson, Reuven Rubin, New York, 1980, pg. 90-91)”

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