'Pony Express'

Details

Harry Jackson (b. 1924)
'Pony Express'
inscribed and dated '© Harry Jackson 1967' and numbered '16p' (along the base)
polychromed bronze
18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) high, on a black marble base, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) high

Literature

L. Pointer and D. Goddard, Harry Jackson, New York, 1981, pp. 234-239, pl. 299, 301-304 illustrations of another example
J. Walker, G. Thornton, L. Pointer and D. Goddard, L. Myers and H. Jackson, Harry Jackson: Forty Years of his Work 1941-1981, Austin, Texas, 1981, p. 49, illustration of another example.

Lot Essay

According to Larry Pointer, 'Pony Express is Jackson's first absolute statement of form in terms of joining painting and sculpture, abstraction and realism. It represents a conscious refinement of his earlier work...' (L. Pointer and G. Goddard, Harry Jackson, p. 119)

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