The Scalp

Arts of the Americas

Modeled 1898, cast after 1916

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

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Frederic Remington (Sculptor)
Title: The Scalp
Place: New York (Object made in)
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 1898
Medium: Bronze with black patina
Inscriptions: Signed and inscribed base left side, bottom-middle, in cast: "Copyright by / Frederic Remington"; inscribed base right side, bottom-middle, in cast: "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, N.Y."; cast number base underside, left-middle edge, in raised welds: "N. 13".
Dimensions: 61.2 × 52.4 × 24 cm (24 1/8 × 20 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.815
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum, June 21–Oct. 10, 1969, no cat.

Tiffany and Co., New York, by Aug. 31, 1922 [invoice, Aug. 31, 1922; object inventory, George F. Harding Museum Records, Art Institute of Chicago Institutional Archives; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to George F. Harding, Jr. (1868–1939), Chicago, Aug. 31, 1992 [Harding Collection no. 513]; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, 1939 [the museum closed in 1964 and the collection was placed in storage in Chicago and New York]; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 30, 1982 [incoming receipt, RX13663, July 30, 1982; copy in curatorial file]; accessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.

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