Signed, "Frederick Remington"; Inscribed, "Copyright by Frederik Remington" on top of base; Inscribed, "No 2" on side of base (cast through model); Inscribed, "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-" on side of base; None.
This bronze is marked as cast number 2. Although Greenbaum states that three casts were made of this sculpture before 1919, the ledger only lists cast number 1, which sold on May 31, 1916. The ledger contains neither a listing nor a date of sale for cast number 2. This bronze has two peculiar features. First, the pink color of the investment under the base is unlike other Roman Bronze Works casts found in the Gilcrease collection. Second, the cast number has been applied before casting on the outside of the base, which is inconsistent with cast number application at the foundry between 1916 and 1918. This bronze may have been cast at Roman Bronze Works at a much later date or may not be an original cast.
Information given by Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2018
Remington is known as one of the premier artist of the American West. During the 1880s, he traveled through the Dakotas, Montana, the Arizona Territory, and Texas, returning to New York in 1885, with the desire to record the vanishing wilderness. In 1895, he began to exhibit his bronzes of cowboys and horses in motion. After 1900, his illustrative style shifted to one of Impressionism, as he became influenced by the work of Monet, Childe Hassam, and John H. Twatchman. In addition to his paintings and sculpture, he wrote eight books and numerous short stories on the Wild West. Comment on works: western
Related People:
Frederic Remington Art Museum, related to - any American art museum, Ogdensburg, founded 1923
Remington, Eva Caten, spouse of - person American wife of artist, died 1918
