The Rattlesnake (Snake in the Path)
Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
Roman Bronze Works, New York
original 1905; cast about 1919-1920
Bronze
Roman Bronze Works, N.Y., cast no. 99 (111 identified)
Overall: 24 in. (60.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lawrence Marx Jr., Class of 1936
S.960.13.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on top of base, to left of horse's hind leg: Copyright by / Frederic Remington; along side of base, to right of horse: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-; along inner rim of base: No 99.
Exhibition History
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 21, 1992-March 10, 1996.
Publication History
Michael Edward Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederick Remington, Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981, p. 51-54.
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 123, no. 96.
Provenance
Lawrence Marx, Jr. (1915-2006), Purchase, New York; given to present collection, 1960.
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