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Sale 590
Estimate$100,000 – $200,000
Property from the Estate of Augusta G. Bloom, Evanston, Illinois Provenance: Purchased at Tiffany & Co., New York, NY, as a wedding gift to Moses Bloom and Selma Schwartz , married November 27, 1918 By descent in the family to the present owner Literature: Harold McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, New York, 1947, n.p., pl. 47, example illustrated Harold McCracken, The Frederic Remington Book, Garden City, NY, 1966, page 265, example illustrated Peter H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and The Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections, New York, NY, 1973, pages 200-1, example illustrated Michael Edward Shapiro, Frederic Remington: the masterworks New York, NY, 1988, pages 211, 213, example illustrated Michael D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West, Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Ogdensburg, NY, 1996, pages 123-128, example illustrated Brian Dippie, The Frederic Remington Art Museum Collection, Ogdensburg, New York, 2001, pp. 198-201, example illustrated
Surface dirt overall, heaviest in recessed areas. Surface abrasions on the side of the base. Areas of oxidation, including on the holster, near the rope, under the front cowboy leg and near one hind leg. Areas of loss to the patina, particularly on the reins. Circular ring securing one side of rein is partially open.
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