Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

'The Cheyenne,' A Bronze Equestrian Group

Details

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
'The Cheyenne,' A Bronze Equestrian Group
inscribed 'Copyright by Frederic Remington' and 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y.' -- numbered 'No. 57' underneath
bronze with greenish black patina
22 in. (55.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Tiffany & Co., New York, 1918.
M.Q. Peterson, Louisiana, circa 1918.
Mrs. M.Q. Peterson, by descent from the above.
Mongerson-Wunderlich Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1993.
Private collection.

Literature

P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, pp. 142-143, illustration of another example
M.E. Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington, Washington, D.C., 1981, p. 102, illustrations of other examples
M.E. Shapiro and P.H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, New York, 1988, pp. 199-206, illustration of another example
M.D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Ogdensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 88-93, 187, illustrations of other examples

Lot Essay

The present cast is number fifty-seven of approximately ninety-one authorized castings of The Cheyenne that were produced by Roman Bronze Works. According to Michael Greenbaum, the total number of castings made during the artist's lifetime probably totaled only twenty-one, making the present lot a posthumous cast produced under the authority of the artist's widow. (M.D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Ogdensburg, New York, 1996, p. 91)

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