Coming through the Rye, 1902

Bronze
y1991-5
Coming through the Rye

Interpretation

Remington’s most ambitious bronze sculpture, Coming through the Rye features four animated horses and riders in a composition remarkable for being largely elevated off the work’s base, with the leftmost horse completely suspended. Based on a drawing from the 1880s and apparently cast in an edition of less than twenty, it was accurately described by the artist as “men represented as being on a carousal.”
Although the artist did not begin exhibiting his sculptures of cowboys and horses until 1895, he had for two decades been producing similar two-dimensional portrayals of the frontier, many widely reproduced as prints and illustrations. Collectively, these works helped construct for an increasingly settled East Coast audience a romanticized image of the American West as appealingly rugged and without restraint.

Information

Title
Coming through the Rye
Object Number
y1991-5
Maker
Frederic Remington
Medium
Bronze
Dates
1902
Dimensions
73 × 72 × 73 cm (28 3/4 × 28 3/8 × 28 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Laurance S. Rockefeller, Class of 1932
Culture
American
Place made
United States, New York, Corona, Queens, New York, Roman Bronze Works
Inscriptions
Inscribed: Roman Bronze Works #2
Type
Materials

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