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Roll-Preissler, Audrey,
Figure group
Occupation -- Other
Equestrian
Architecture -- Vehicle
Object -- Musical Instrument
Homage -- Remington, Frederic
Sculpture
Coming Through the Wry (w/apologies to Remington's Rye), (sculpture).
Artist:
Roll-Preissler,
Audrey
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Coming Through the Wry (w/apologies to Remington's Rye), (sculpture).
Dates:
1991-1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Polychromed birch plywood.
Dimensions:
Approx. 7 ft. x 10 ft. x 9 in.
Inscription:
(On motorcycle:) A. Roll-preissler/91 signed
Description:
The sculpture, an update of Remington's 'Coming Through the Rye," consists of three figures (a woman flanked by two men), all on horseback and one figure on a motorcycle. The three figures on horses hold star-studded guns over their heads in their proper right hands. The woman, and one man wear cowboy hats. The third man wears buckskin clothing and has a white beard. The motorcyclist is on the far right. He holds his guitar aloft in his proper right hand in the same manner in which the others hold their guns. He wears a hat, has round eyeglasses and a yellow beard.
Subject:
Figure group
Occupation -- Other -- Cowboy
Equestrian
Architecture -- Vehicle -- Motorcycle
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Guitar
Homage -- Remington, Frederic
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Snow King Resort, Jackson, Wyoming
References:
Roll-preissler,
Audrey
, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 73261829
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