Lot 103
103
Property from AN ESTATE
SALLY JAMES FARNHAM (1876-1943)

Details
SALLY JAMES FARNHAM (1876-1943)

'Will Rogers on his Horse', A Bronze Equestrian Group

inscribed Sally J. Farnham
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high, rich dark brown patina
Provenance
The G.E.Kinsey Estate; sold Christie's New York, Important American Paintings and Sculpture: Property from the G.E. Kinsey Estate, #6874, May 25, 1989, lot 174
Literature
B.G. Proske, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Murrell's Inlet, S.C., 1968 ed., pp. 159-160
P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 269, plate 313

Lot Essay

Sally James Farnham, like her mentor Frederic Remington, was a self-taught sculptor. She is best known for her portraits - "good character studies and done with a flourish that give them animation." (Proske, p. 160) Another example of the present model was sold in these Rooms May 22, 1991, lot 206.