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Charles Cary Rumsey
Charles Cary Rumsey (American, 1879-1922) Colt Scratching Bronze Sculpture

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CHARLES CARY RUMSEY (American, 1879-1922) Colt Scratching Nose, 1917 Roman Bronze Works casting 8"H x 10 1/2"L x 4 3/8"D Weight: 9.12lbs Inscribed on the base: CC Rumsey LITERATURE: The Burchfield Center for Western New York Art, Charles Cary Rumsey, 1879-1922, Buffalo, New York, 1983, p. 33, fig. 42 (another example illustrated). Charles Cary Rumsey (August 29, 1879 – September 21, 1922) was an American sculptor and an eight-goal polo player. While still a student at Harvard, he exhibited a sculpture of an Indian at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901. He worked mainly in bronze. His passion for horses saw him create statues of the Thoroughbred horses Hamburg and Burgomaster for Harry Payne Whitney, Good and Plenty for Thomas Hitchcock, and World Champion trotter Nancy Hanks for John E. Madden. The triumphal arch and colonnade at the Manhattan entrance to the Manhattan Bridge When Rumsey returned from Paris in 1906, he established himself in an art studio on 59th Street in New York City. He soon thereafter began sculptures for the massive house being built by architects Carrère and Hastings for the railroad magnate E.H. Harriman, called Arden; he did a fireplace surround and other sculptural decorations for the music room there, as well as the "Three Graces Fountain." During this time he courted Harriman's daughter, Mary Harriman; they both shared a love of horses and had first met at the Meadow Brook Steeplechase Association races on Long Island. They married in 1910, much to the surprise of New York society. They maintained a home in Brookville, New York, on Long Island, where they raised three children. Among Rumsey's other works, he did a statue of Francisco Pizarro erected in Trujillo, Spain, the Brownsville War Memorial in Brownsville, Brooklyn, a copy of the "Three Graces Fountain" from Arden House installed in Mirror Lake at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo (where Rumsey is buried), and the controversial figure of a nude woman called "The Pagan." Perhaps his most celebrated work is the 1916 frieze on Carrère and Hastings' Manhattan Bridge in New York City, titled "Buffalo Hunt.
  • Creator:
    Charles Cary Rumsey (1879 - 1922, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 8 in (20.32 cm)Width: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Depth: 7.38 in (18.75 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Bristol, CT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 443341stDibs: LU1260116329002

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