The Scalp
Frederic Remington
1898, cast before 1939 · Bronze · The American Wing
Remington’s fourth bronze, and his first of a Native American subject, was copyrighted in December 1898 as “The Triumph.” The more common title, “The Scalp,” refers specifically to the lock of hair that the figure, mounted bareback on a horse, holds aloft in his right fist. The Metropolitan’s bronze is almost certainly a posthumous, unauthorized cast done by Roman Bronze Works.
- Artist
- Frederic Remington
- Date
- 1898, cast before 1939
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939
