Coming through the Rye, Frederic Remington

A work of great virtuosity, Coming Through the Rye depicts four mounted, hell-raising cowboys riding at full gallop, their arms raised, firing their guns into the air. The sculpture, a daring techni­cal achievement, captures the swift movement and high spirits of the subject; and the horses with their heads lowered and their tails whipping the air seem almost suspended, resting as they do on only five of the legs. It is a work of uncompromising realism, with every detail of anatomy and cos­tume carefully rendered; the reins of the horses are separately fashioned strips of metal applied to the cast bronze. The affectionate and ebullient characterization of this rowdy foursome and, of course, the lore of the Wild West have made Remington's Coming Through the Rye a favorite with the Ameri­can public.