Artwork Details
Artist
Foundry
Creation Date
Design Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
28-1/4 x 20 x 11 in.
Mark Description
Inscribed and signed, right side, near middle of mountain: Copyright by | Frederic Remington Inscribed, back side, near bottom: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. Inscribed, interior, left side, near back: No 23.
Accession Number
Credit Line
Gift of the Harrison Eiteljorg Gallery of Western Art
Copyright
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
The artist [1861-1909]; Jim Eberstadt; J. W. Holiday Jr; Harrison Eiteljorg Collection, Indianapolis, Indiana December 1965; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1973 (73.104.9).
Gallery Labels
Remington portrayed this horse and rider with a keen sense of drama, capturing the perils of descending down a steep mountain slope.
This scene is portrayed as realistically as the sculptor's art permits.
The West's most daring explorers, trappers, and traders were known as mountain men.
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