Harry Jackson, Where the Trail Forks, 1964, bronze, 19 1⁄4 x 7 x 5 1⁄2 in. (49.0 x 17.9 x 14.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Moore, 1981.122
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Where the Trail Forks
- Artist
- Date
- 1964
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 19 1⁄4 x 7 x 5 1⁄2 in. (49.0 x 17.9 x 14.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Moore
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- bronze
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Dress — accessory — hat
- Figure male — full length
- Occupation — other — cowboy
- Object Number
- 1981.122
Artwork Description
“The West inspires my life,” Harry Jackson said, and Trail Boss and Where the Trail Forks are two of his many bronzes of the subject. When Jackson was a child in Chicago, his mother worked as a waitress near the stockyards, where cowboys and cattle traders gathered and told tales of the Old West. He wanted to present cowboys as realistically as possible, and liked “taking something that [movies] have made saccharine and making it real again.” (Janet Wilson, ARTnews, December 1978; Time, May 30, 1960)