Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912)

'The Last Drop'

Details

Charles Schreyvogel (1861-1912)
'The Last Drop'
inscribed 'Copyrighted 1903 by/Chars Schreyvogel' (on the base)--inscribed 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y-' (along the base)--inscribed 'No. 36' (underneath the base)
bronze with brown patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection.
By descent to the present owner.

Literature

H. McCracken, Great Painters and Illustrators of the Old West, New York, 1952, p. 202.
E. Ainsworth, The Cowboy in Art, New York, 1968, pp. 48-49, another example illustrated.
J.D. Horan, The Life and Art of Charles Schreyvogel: Painter-Historian of the Indian-Fighting Army of the American West, New York, 1969, p. 27, pl. 39, another example illustrated.
P. Rossi, D. Hunt, The Art of the Old West, New York, 1971, p. 230, another example illustrated.
P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, pp. 202, 204-05, another example illustrated.
H. McCracken, The West of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia from the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, New York, 1974, p. 196.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Art of the American West, Birmingham, Alabama, 1983, p. 30.
Museum of Western Art, Frontier Spirit: Catalog of the Collection of the Museum of Western Art, Denver, Colorado, 1983, p. 110, no. 76, another example illustrated.
G.A. Reynolds, American Bronze Sculpture: 1850 to the Present, Newark, New Jersey, 1984, p. 23.
S. Campbell, The American West: People, Places, and Ideas, Corning, New York, 2001, n.p., pl. 62, another example illustrated.
L.D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry, New York, 2002, p. 138.

Lot Essay

One of two bronzes modeled by Charles Schreyvogel, 'The Last Drop' was developed from the artist's maquette for his 1900 painting of the same name. Devoted to accuracy, he would create clay models from observation of live horses and then paint based on his sculptures. The present model was first cast by an unknown foundry and then by Roman Bronze Works. Other examples of this work can be found in several public collections, including the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey; National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming; Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Corning, New York; and Museum of Western Art, Denver, Colorado.

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