Cowpuncher's Lullaby

Artist Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909)

Date1906

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions30 x 21 in. (76.2 x 53.3 cm)
Framed: 42 x 31 x 2 1/2 in. (106.7 x 78.7 x 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.180

Signedl.r.: Frederic Remington

Accession number 2007.180

On View

On view

ProvenancePrivate Collection, New York, NY, 1906; Private Collection, Washington, D.C.; (The Armand Hammer Foundation, 1980); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2007
Label TextThis painting is one of more than 70 nocturnes that Frederic Remington, celebrated artist of the American West, painted that evoke the twilight of the American frontier. The cowboy here appears as a melancholy figure, singing a lonely lullaby to his horse and the herd of cattle in the background. Remington, who traveled west often but worked out of his New York studio, gave a mythic quality to romanticized images of frontier life.

Esta es una de las más de 70 pinturas nocturnas de Frederic Remington, un célebre pintor de paisajes del oeste de los Estados Unidos, que retrataba el anochecer en la frontera norteamericana. En esta pintura, el vaquero aparece como una figura melancólica, que canta una solitaria canción de cuna a su caballo y al ganado que se encuentra tras de sí. Remington, quien viajaba al oeste con frecuencia, pero trabajaba desde su estudio en Nueva York, le daba un aire mítico a las imágenes idealizadas de la vida en la frontera.
Inscribedverso, u.l., on backing board, in black marker: F27631-046
Markingsverso, u.l., on backing board: [Armand Hammer Foundation label]
verso, u.r. on backing board: [Palm Springs Desert Museum exhibition label for The West as Art: Changing Perceptions of Western Art in California Collections]
verso, u.c., on backing board, label: No. 69917 / PICTURE