Oct 23, 2024 10:00 EST

American Paintings & Prints / American Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts

 
Lot 119
 

119

Frederic Sackrider Remington

American, 1861-1909
The Sergeant, conceived 1904
Inscribed Copyright by / Frederic Remington and R. B. W. on the base; numbered No. 79 twice on the underside
Bronze with a brown patina
Height: 10 ¼ inches

Literature:
Bruce Wear, The Bronze World of Frederic Remington, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1966, pp. 76-77, 148, other examples illustrated
Harold McCracken, The Frederic Remington Book: A Pictorial History of the West, Garden City, New York, 1966, p. 263, another example illustrated
Peter Hassrick, Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections, New York, 1973, no. 87, p. 200, another example illustrated
Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 147, another example illustrated
Michael Edward Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 53, 114-15, other examples illustrated
Michael Edward Shapiro and Peter Hassrick, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, New York, 1988, pp. 210-11, 224, 267, another example illustrated
Michael D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Odgensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 113-15, 202, other examples illustrated

Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000

 

American, 1861-1909
The Sergeant, conceived 1904
Inscribed Copyright by / Frederic Remington and R. B. W. on the base; numbered No. 79 twice on the underside
Bronze with a brown patina
Height: 10 ¼ inches

Literature:
Bruce Wear, The Bronze World of Frederic Remington, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1966, pp. 76-77, 148, other examples illustrated
Harold McCracken, The Frederic Remington Book: A Pictorial History of the West, Garden City, New York, 1966, p. 263, another example illustrated
Peter Hassrick, Frederic Remington: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Collections, New York, 1973, no. 87, p. 200, another example illustrated
Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 147, another example illustrated
Michael Edward Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 53, 114-15, other examples illustrated
Michael Edward Shapiro and Peter Hassrick, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, New York, 1988, pp. 210-11, 224, 267, another example illustrated
Michael D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington's Sculpture, Odgensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 113-15, 202, other examples illustrated

Some wear to the patina at the high points and dust impacted into the crevices.

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Auction: American Paintings & Prints / American Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts, Oct 23, 2024

  • Auction of American Paintings & Prints on October 23, 2024 Saw Spirited Bidding

  • Comprising Lots 1 - 175 in the Sale

  • Highlights include a 1790 Portrait by Charles Willson Peale that Realized $44,800

  • Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions

  • We Invite You to Contact Us for Complimentary Auction Estimates of Your Collection


NEW YORK, NY – Doyle's auction of American Paintings & Prints on October 23, 2024 saw strong prices for late 18th, 19th and 20th century works, including fine examples of portraiture; still lifes; nautical paintings and Hudson River, Western and regional landscapes.

Highlighting the sale was a 1790 portrait by Charles Willson Peale that realized $44,800. One of America's first great artists, Peale (1741-1827) served in the Continental Army, during which time he painted a number of miniatures of his fellow officers. He would go on to paint portraits of several of America’s Founding Fathers, including Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin, and of course, Washington. Peale’s masterful portrait from 1790 of William Littleton Murray, who resided in the artist’s native Maryland, depicts the young man in a casual pose that exudes a confidence and optimism that reflects the mood of our nascent nation. The work descended in the family of the sitter and was offered publicly for the first time.

Another noteworthy portrait was Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins' The Singer (Mrs. Liego) that achieved $38,400, many times its estimate of $5,000-8,000. Realist painter, photographer and influential fine art educator, Eakins (1844-1916) was a sought-after portraitist in his native Philadelphia, painting hundreds during his lifetime. Like the portrait by Peale, this work had descended in the family of the sitter.

Belgian/American artist Joseph John Paul Meert’s view of a Coal Yard soared past its estimate of $1,500-2,500 to achieve $21,760 – the second highest price for the artist at auction. Before he transitioned to Abstract art in the 1940s, Meert (1905-1990) painted a number of murals commissioned by the WPA, during which time he painted this work from 1937.

American Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts
A second session of the sale on October 24 comprising lots 201 - 560 will offer American Furniture, Silver & Decorative Arts.


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