Lot 2024
This wonderful bronze sculpture is a limited edition version and is #4 out of a total of 65 cast. It was appraised in 1987 by ISA Appraiser (International Society of Appraisers) Charles Adams of for $12,500 Inscribed: Copyright by Frederick Remington 4/65 Height: 21 in. tall Created: not given Bronze . Keywords: Southwestern, Western; Ref: SH3006
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Provenance:
- : Charles Adams Importers Ltd. The Waldorf Astoria 301 Park Avenue New York. Private collection. F. Donald Lewis acquired from the above, as a family investment in 1987. Appraised in 1987 for $12,500. Dimensions:
- 21 inches tall Artist Name:
- Frederick Remington Literature:
- : H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, New York, 1947, n.p., pl. 46, another example illustrated. The Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Frederic Remington: A Retrospective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1967, n.p., no. 56, another example illustrated. P. Hassrick, Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections, New York, 1973, pp. 202-3, another example illustrated. Denver Art Museum, Frederic Remington: The Late Years, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 1981, p. 61, another example illustrated. M.E. Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 55, 107, no. 36, illustrated. M.E. Shapiro and P. Hassrick, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, New York, 1988, p. 216, pl. 61, another example illustrated. Gerald Peters Gallery, Frederic Remington, exhibition catalogue, Medium:
- Bronze Notes:
- Modeled in 1906; cast in 1913.Describing the skilled and daring 'wild riders' of the American West, Frederic Remington once wrote: "Few Eastern people appreciate the sky-rocket bounds, and grunts, and stiff-legged striking...the 'bucking' process is entered into with great spirit by the pony but once, and that is when he is first under the saddle-tree. If that 'scrape' is 'ridden out' by his master the broncho's spirit is broken" (as quoted in Frank Oppel, ed., Frederic Remington, Selected Writings, 1981, p. 201). The Outlaw captures that explosive moment when the "great spirit" of the horse collides with the tenacity of the cowboy. In his two-dimensional works Remington often depicted the unruly cow ponies in mid-air with all four hooves off the ground. Though an impossible order for a single figure sculpture, Remington nevertheless endeavored to represent the horse in a gravity-defying pose. Riccardo Bertelli, head of the Roman Bronze Works, and his staff clearly overcame the obstacles posed by Remington's design and the resulting sculpture is a study in suspended animation. The hindquarters of the bucking horse are nearly vertical while its rider, with a graceful arch of his back, balances himself in the saddle. With both man and horse perched on a single front hoof, the entire figure appears to float above the base. With Bertelli's help, Remington was able to take greater advantage of bronze's strength through the use of the lost wax process, which allowed him to create the design for The Outlaw. Remington began working in the lost wax casting method in 1900 when he moved to Roman Bronze Works, a foundry which worked exclusively in this process. The lost wax technique resulted in greater detail and surface texture and also permitted the artist to make changes to his compositions throughout the casting process. Remington would produce an initial clay model in his studio in Rochester, New York and then send that model to Roman Bronze Works to be duplicated in wax. Once the wax model had been created, Remington would go to the foundry to make his final alterations before the bronze casting began. According to the Roman Bronze Works ledgers, 15 castings of The Outlaw were produced before Frederic Remington’s death in December 1909. Prior to the death of his wife Eva in 1918, approximately 25 additional castings were made. Condition:
- This piece is in great condition, please see photos for details.
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