VERSO
Label, J .N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, New York

Jump and Cut is included in the Frederic Remington Catalogue Raisonné as number 1334.

Western art collector and author Thomas A. Petrie writes, “As the esteemed scholar and former Director of the Denver Art Museum’s Petrie Institute of Western American Art, the late Peter Hassrick, has astutely observed: ‘In most of Remington’s compositions, there was an associated figure — the horse. His ability to paint this animal brought his widest public recognition. He wished his epitaph to read, “He knew the horse,” and though it was never chiseled on his headstone, the truth of the statement is no less certain. For years he worked with horses and studied the conformation of each breed. He even wrote on the subject. In his first article for The Century Magazine, Remington discussed the distinguishing characteristics of the various types of horses found in the West. Yet his paintings and drawings far surpassed prose: his pictures brought his words to life.’

“Jump and Cut and Picking Up the Cap provide two fine examples of extraordinary action depictions by Frederic Remington. They brilliantly capture that artist’s focused respect for the ability of the well-trained and conditioned cavalry horse and its much-accomplished rider to assertively and visually underscore a variety of noteworthy western U.S. military accounts of the mid-to-late 1880s. This was because as that century was drawing to its close, Remington’s increasingly highly admired horse action portrayals were being presented for public acclaim in stories about westward expansion and unfolding military engagements. They appeared in widely read magazines such as Harper’s Weekly and its peers.

“Jump and Cut appears to have been executed following his experience in seeing the Cadet Riding Hall which was located along the West bank of the Hudson River. It captures a horseback riding exercise involving intense sabré practice.”

PROVENANCE
Vixseboxse Art Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Christie’s, New York, New York, 1981
Saks Gallery, Denver, Colorado, 1981
Private collection, Colorado

LITERATURE
Harper’s Weekly, June 4, 1892, p. 541, illustrated

Additional Resources

• Frederic Remington’s Past Results
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Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Piece appears to be in good condition with slight toning.

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