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FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
The Rattlesnake
inscribed 'Copyright by/Frederic Remington' (on the base)—inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS NY' (along the base)—inscribed 'No 63' (under the base)
bronze with black patina
24 in. (60.9 cm.) high
Modeled in 1908; cast in 1918.
Provenance
Private collection, Washington, D.C.
By descent to the late owner.
Literature
H. McCracken, Frederic Remington Artist of the Old West, New York, 1947, n.p., pl. 47, another example illustrated.
The Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Frederic Remington A Retrospective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1967, n.p., no. 52, another example illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections, New York, 1973, pp. 200-01, another example illustrated.
Denver Art Museum, Frederic Remington The Late Years, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 1981, p. 61, another example illustrated.
M.E. Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 54, 111, another example illustrated.
M.E. Shapiro, P.H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington The Masterworks, New York, 1988, pp. 212-13, pls. 59-60, another example illustrated.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Frederic Remington exhibition catalogue, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991, pp. 16, 43, 45, another example illustrated.
M.D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Ogdensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 123-28, 197, another example illustrated.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Remington: The Years of Critical Acclaim, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1998, pp. 110-11, another example illustrated.
B. Dippie, The Frederic Remington Art Museum Collection, Ogdensburg, New York, 2001, pp. 198-201, another example illustrated.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Department of State, Diplomatic Reception Rooms, 1969, on loan.
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1972, on loan.
Washington, D.C., The White House, 1980, on loan.