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The Rattlesnake
The Rattlesnake
The Rattlesnake

The Rattlesnake

Artist (American, 1861 - 1909)
Date1905, cast c. 1906
Mediumcast bronze
Dimensions20 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 14 1/8 inches (52.1 x 41.9 x 35.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company, 1964
Object number21.2.7
ClassificationsSculptures
DescriptionLifetime cast, foundry no. 3, small version, no more than 12 casts made of initial version between 1905-08; musky green patina common to early castings.
Label TextRemington dramatically interpreted the subject of the cowboy on a bucking horse in several sculptures. The subject exemplifies the idea of human efforts to tame the wildness of nature. In this sculpture Remington portrayed the inherent dangers of the western landscape. The horse and rider both pull away from the small, but deadly, rattlesnake.
ProvenancePurchased May 4, 1962 through (Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965][1]; transferred December 23, 1964 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. The sculpture was purchased with The Lutcher and Moore Lumber Company Funds, but was transferred to the Foundation ownership on December 23, 1964.
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Collections
The Rattlesnake
Frederic Remington
1905, reworked 1908, cast posthumously c. 1918
The Broncho Buster
Frederic Remington
1895, cast c. 1903
The Bucker and the Buckeroo
Charles Marion Russell
1923-1924, cast c. 1923-1929, lifetime cast
Grey background; also with a mauve background
Frederic Remington
1902, cast c. 1907
The Broncho Buster
Frederic Remington
1909, posthumously cast c. 1915
The Mountain Man
Frederic Remington
1903, cast posthumously c. 1918
Cowboy
Andy Anderson
c. 1959
Oblivious
Dan Ostermiller
2009
Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America
Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers June 17, 1845 -- July 3, 1846]
The Well in the Desert
Frederic Remington
c. 1897
"Bullets Kicked Up the Dust,"
Frederic Remington
1902