Frederic Remington
The Outlaw1906; cast 1913

Not on view

Dark bronze sculpture of a cowboy in a wide-brimmed hat and billowing coat atop a rearing horse, on a rough naturalistic base

Artist or Maker: Frederic Remington
United States, New York, Canton, 1861-1909
Title: The Outlaw
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1906; cast 1913
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 14 x 11 5/16 in. (57.79 x 35.56 x 28.58 cm)
Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number: 50.9.51
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: American Art
Curatorial Notes: The title refers to the untamable horse. With its two forefeet descending onto a clump of sagebrush, this horse with rider has the least connection with the base of any of Remington’s sculptures and is seemingly caught in midair. The work may have been the greatest challenge ever presented by Remington to his founder, Riccardo Bertelli (1870-1955) of Roman Bronze Works, who worked with Remington to exploit the tensile strength of bronze and the advantages of the lost-wax process. Like most of Remington’s sculptures, its conception is basically two-dimensional with a strong silhouette.
Remington modeled The Outlaw in 1906. The museum’s cast is number twelve of the total edition of approximately fifty and was cast in 1913 after the sculptor’s death, when Roman Bronze Works continued to cast models under authority of Remington’s widow (see National Museum of American Art, Cast and Recast, pp. 107-8, for casting history).
Provenance: Mrs. George A. Martin, Cleveland, to 1946 (sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Georgian Silver, Paintings and Drawings. . . Property of Mrs. George A. Martin, October 1946, no. 83) § William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, Calif., to 1950.
Mrs. George A. Martin, Cleveland (sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, “Georgian Silver, Paintings and Drawings. . . Property of Mrs. George A. Martin,” 18–19 October 1946, lot 83). As of 1950, William Randolph Hearst (1863–1981), San Simeon, California, gifted 1950 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Kleeman, Theresia Rosa. Russell & Remington: Storytellers of the American West. Bakersfield, CA: Bakersfield Museum of Art, 2001.
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall. Western Scene. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1975.
Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

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Frederic Remington
The Outlaw1906; cast 1913

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Frederic Remington
United States, New York, Canton, 1861-1909
Title: The Outlaw
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1906; cast 1913
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 14 x 11 5/16 in. (57.79 x 35.56 x 28.58 cm)
Credit Line: William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number: 50.9.51
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: American Art
Curatorial Notes: The title refers to the untamable horse. With its two forefeet descending onto a clump of sagebrush, this horse with rider has the least connection with the base of any of Remington’s sculptures and is seemingly caught in midair. The work may have been the greatest challenge ever presented by Remington to his founder, Riccardo Bertelli (1870-1955) of Roman Bronze Works, who worked with Remington to exploit the tensile strength of bronze and the advantages of the lost-wax process. Like most of Remington’s sculptures, its conception is basically two-dimensional with a strong silhouette.
Remington modeled The Outlaw in 1906. The museum’s cast is number twelve of the total edition of approximately fifty and was cast in 1913 after the sculptor’s death, when Roman Bronze Works continued to cast models under authority of Remington’s widow (see National Museum of American Art, Cast and Recast, pp. 107-8, for casting history).
Provenance: Mrs. George A. Martin, Cleveland, to 1946 (sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Georgian Silver, Paintings and Drawings. . . Property of Mrs. George A. Martin, October 1946, no. 83) § William Randolph Hearst, San Simeon, Calif., to 1950.
Mrs. George A. Martin, Cleveland (sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, “Georgian Silver, Paintings and Drawings. . . Property of Mrs. George A. Martin,” 18–19 October 1946, lot 83). As of 1950, William Randolph Hearst (1863–1981), San Simeon, California, gifted 1950 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Kleeman, Theresia Rosa. Russell & Remington: Storytellers of the American West. Bakersfield, CA: Bakersfield Museum of Art, 2001.
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall. Western Scene. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1975.
Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

Related Unframed

November Tuesday Matinees: Jean Harlow

November 6, 2018
Adam Piron