Lot 159
  • 159

Frederic Remington 1861-1909

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Frederic Remington
  • The Scalp
  • inscribed Frederic Remington, Copyright by Frederic Remington and dated 1898 with The Henry Bonnard Bronze Co., Founders, N-Y. 1899 foundry mark; also inscribed 6 beneath the base

  • bronze, dark brown patina
  • height: 26 in.
  • (66 cm)

Provenance

By descent in the family to the present owner

Literature

Bruce Wear, The Bronze World of Frederic Remington, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1966, p.62, illustration of another example p. 63
Michael Edward Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 44-45, 113, illustration of another example fig. 26
Michael D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Ogdensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 78-83, 200, illustrations of other examples

Condition

Good condition, feather has been replaced and roman joint in the tail has been resecured.
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