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FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)

Lot 308
19.01.2023 11:00UTC -05:00
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ID 883605
Lot 308 | FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)

The Rattlesnake

inscribed 'Copyright by/Frederic Remington' (on the base)—inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY' (along the base)—inscribed 'No 63' (under the base)

bronze with black patina

24 in. (60.9 cm.) high

Modeled in 1908; cast in 1918.





Provenance

Private collection, Washington, D.C.

By descent to the late owner.



Literature

H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, New York, 1947, n.p., pl. 47, 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. 52, another example illustrated.

P.H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections, New York, 1973, pp. 200-01, 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. 54, 111, another example illustrated.

M.E. Shapiro, P.H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, New York, 1988, pp. 212-13, pls. 59-60, another example illustrated.

Gerald Peters Gallery, Frederic Remington, exhibition catalogue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991, pp. 16, 43, 45, another example illustrated.

M.D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Ogdensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 123-28, 197, another example illustrated.

Gerald Peters Gallery, Remington: The Years of Critical Acclaim, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1998, pp. 110-11, another example illustrated.

B. Dippie, The Frederic Remington Art Museum Collection, Ogdensburg, New York, 2001, pp. 198-201, another example illustrated.



Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1969, on loan.

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1972, on loan.

Washington, D.C., The White House, 1980, on loan.
Artist:Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
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