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Charles Cary Rumsey
Dog Bronze Foxhound Sculpture by Charles Rumsey

1910

About the Item

This beautiful bronze of a Foxhound is a study for what was to be a pair of larger ones used as a pair of Andirons outside fireplace at Harriman House in NYC. The artist, Charles Rumsey was married to Mary Harriman, and brother in law to Averell Harriman. The Andirons, cast in 1912, 2 years after the study was completed and cast, was exhbited in the Beaux Arts Center, Paris France in 1927. Another example of the study of this bronze is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC. Charles Rumsey was an avid horseman as was his wife Mary. Charles rumsey was an 8 goal Polo Player with Meadowbrook Polo Club and hunted with Meadowbrook Hounds as did his wife Mary. They had a house on Long Island where he also had a studio. That property remains today in the hands of a family member. This piece is published in the Burchfield Arts Catalogue, page 36 illustration no. 27 and the Andirons illustration no. 1
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