CHARLES CARY RUMSEY (American, 1879-1922). Polo Player on Pony: Harrison Tweed, circa 1910-12. Bronze
$20,000
Weighs: 34.8 lbs
Plinth base Sz: 12" x 5" x 1"D
Polo Pony Sz: 19" x 20 1/2" x 6 1/2"
Charles Cary Rumsey 1879-1922
“Harrison Tweed, Polo Player” Bronze Sculpture of Harrison Tweed, A 8 goal player with Meadowbrook Polo Club NY, 19 x 20 1/2 x 6 1/2” C.1910-12
Illustrated in Burchfield Center Catalog Page no. 33 Illustration no.63
Charles Cary Rumsey attended Harvard University, studied art in Paris at the Academie Julian and at Boston School of Fine Art under Bela Pratt. His public works are found worldwide, such as the frieze at the Manhattan Bridge, Zion Park, the Smithtown Bull, Smithtown NY, Lima Peru, Rice Memorial Stadium, "Pizarro" in Trujillo Spain, and many others. He was a top ranked international polo player with Meadowbrook Polo Team Long Island New York. Charles Cary Rumsey was regarded as a top equestrian artist. His works are found in the collections of Nationale Beaux- Arts in Pars, Museum of Modern Art NY, The Brooklyn Museum, Albright Knox Museum, Burchfield Center, Buffalo NY and the Cody Art Museum, Wyoming.
Museum Collections:
Beaux Arts Museum Paris France
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nassau County Museum of Art, Nassau Co. NY
Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey
Whitney Museum of Art, NY
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