Photography by Dwight Primiano
Cowpuncher's Lullaby
This 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.
ArtistFrederic Remington, 1861–1909
Date1906
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions42 x 31 x 2 1/2 in. (106.7 x 78.7 x 6.4 cm)
Signedl.r.: Frederic Remington
Mark(s)verso, 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
Inscription(s)verso, u.l., on backing board, in black marker: F27631-046
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.180
ClassificationPainting
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
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 179× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.