My Dear Bartelli [Riccardo Bertelli]

Artist Frederic Remington (American, 1861 - 1909)

Recipient Riccardo Bertelli (1875 - 1955)

DateDecember 20, 1905

Mediumpen and ink on paper

Dimensions7 7/8 × 5 1/16 inches (20 × 12.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.107.6

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts

Label TextRemington worked closely with Bertelli and the Roman Bronze Works foundry. The artist wrote this letter about his monumental sculpture “The Cowboy”. Remington had received a commission to create a sculpture for Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Fairmount Park Art Association came to Remington’s studio to see the model. The artist wrote “and from what I could judge they liked my model very much.” After the design was approved, a studio artisan would make an enlarged model. Remington asserted that he would finish the details.

ProvenanceH.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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