Coming Through the Rye (Over the Range)

Arts of the Americas

Modeled 1902, cast in bronze 1902–6

Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)
Cast by Roman Bronze Works (American, founded 1897)

As Frederic Remington quickly mastered the art of bronze sculpting, he turned to increasingly complex compositions and tested the limits of casting techniques by freeing his figures from their bases. Coming through the Rye displays four pistol-waving cowboys; only six of the sixteen horse hooves touch the ground. Although the faces and gestures of the men are best seen from the front, the side view truly conveys the dynamic sense of motion, the stride of the animals, and the details of the clothing.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Frederic Remington (Sculptor)
Title: Coming Through the Rye (Over the Range)
Place: New York (Place depicted)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Modeled 1902
Medium: Bronze with brown patina
Inscriptions: Right side, front edge of base: Frederic Remington Right side, back edge of base: Copyrighted 1902 by / Frederic Remington Back side of base: Roman Bronze Works NY
Dimensions: 72.4 × 71.1 × 47 cm (28 1/2 × 28 × 18 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.810
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Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 293–295, no. 149 (note – illustration in catalogue is incorrect).

Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum, June 21–Oct. 10, 1969.

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