Harry Jackson (American, 1924-2011)
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Harry Jackson (American, 1924-2011)

The Marshal

Details
Harry Jackson (American, 1924-2011)
The Marshal
inscribed '© Harry Jackson 1980/THE MARSHAL/MAF/2P', stamped 'WFS ITALY' with artist's thumbprint and signed and dated in polychrome '© Harry Jackson 1981' (on the base)
bronze with polychrome patina
56 in. (142.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 9 March 2007, lot 136, sold by the above.
Private collection, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 3 March 2011, lot 140, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
L. Pointer, D. Goddard, Harry Jackson, New York, 1981, pp. 248-51, pls. 314-17, other examples illustrated.
P. Smith, Harry Jackson: 30 Years of Working in Versilia, Camaiore, Italy, 1985, p. 56, another example illustrated.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

Conceived in 1969, The Marshal depicts John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in the film True Grit, a role for which the actor received the Academy Award of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Actor in 1969. The equestrian portrait was originally commissioned for the cover of the August 8, 1969 issue of Time magazine.

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