Pony Express

Details

HARRY JACKSON (1924-2011)
Pony Express
inscribed '© Harry Jackson 1967' and '17.' (on the base)
bronze with black patina
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high on a 1 ½ in. (3.8 cm.) base
Modeled circa 1967.

Provenance

Irwin Lepoff, Palm Beach, Florida.

Literature

F. Getlein, Harry Jackson, New York, 1969, pp. 4-15, other examples illustrated.
L. Pointer, D. Goddard, Harry Jackson, New York, 1981, pp. 117-22, 124, 234-37, 240, 300, 302 other examples illustrated.
F. Pezzini, H. Jackson, F. Bolelli, Harry Jackson: 30 Years of Working in Versila, Camaiore, Italy, 1985, n.p.

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Lot Essay

According to Larry Pointer and Donald Goddard, "In Pony Express, each view represents a different plane within which the total configuration is composed as a drawing or painting might be...Each shift around the figure reveals a new set of relationships within it, as though that single moment, held in balance between the forward flight of the horse and the backward thrust of the rider to confront his pursuers, was being played out like a film in an endless progression of pictures...In Pony Express, the anonymous courage and heroism of Jackson's earlier figures are made both more specific and more universal." (Harry Jackson, New York, 1981, p. 118, 121)

The present work is the seventeenth cast in an edition of 40. (Harry Jackson, p. 302)

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