Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909) The Sergeant

Description:

Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909)

The Sergeant, 1904
Signed "Frederic Remington" in the bronze at the top edge of the proper right side
of the base, inscribed "Copyright by/Frederic Remington" at the top edge of the left side of the base and continuing onto the back, stamped "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS" at the bottom edge of the back of the base.
Bronze with dark brown patina, height 10 1/4 in. (26.0 cm),artist's base approximately 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (6.7 x 6.7 x 9.0 cm).
Condition: Mild wear to patina, dust and dirt to interstices.

Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Edwin McClellan, by family descent to the current owners.

N.B. A photograph of the parlor of Meikleknox, the estate of Edwin McClellan (1861-1924) in Cambridge, New York, shows the sculpture at hand displayed in the center of the mantelpiece. (1) A Yale College graduate, McClellan was a humanitarian and philanthropist who amassed a fortune with the pharmaceutical firm Foster-Milburn Company in Buffalo, New York. He and Frederic Remington were friends at Yale. Edwin McClellan acquired a number of Remington works, including a very early edition (#7) of The Bronco Buster that was sold at auction in 2008.

1. Ken Cottry, Images of America: Around Cambridge, White Creek, and Jackson (Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2010),p. 55.
Estimate $25,000-35,000

Stamped "N-42-" on the underside of the base. Minor dust to the interstices. No additional condition issues to report.

Literature: Peter Hassrick, Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1973),p. 200, no. 87 (different cast illustrated).


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