The Fall of the Cowboy ☰ Remington ☶ Canvas

The Fall of the Cowboy (1895) by Frederic Remington depicts two cowboys at the gate of a barbed wire fence, a ranching technology that beginning in the 1870s signaled the end of cowboy life. It divides the painting in half, symbolically fencing in the cowboys. At the suggestion of Remington, Owen Wister wrote "The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher" for Harper's Monthly in 1895, lamenting the end of the open range. Accompanying it were several illustrations by Remington, including this painting. Wister wrote, "The cow-puncher took wild pleasure in existing. No soldier of fortune ever adventured with bolder carelessness, no fiercer blood ever stained a border ... he has been dispersed, as the elk, as the buffalo, as all wild animals most inevitably will be dispersed ... all this may be summed up in the word Progress."

The Fall of the Cowboy ☰ Remington ☶ Art PrintThe Fall of the Cowboy ☰ Remington ☶ Canvas
Giclée printed on archival canvas, hand-stretched over solid wood
Dimensions:
With or without a frame?:
$100.00
$100.00
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⿴ About Stretched Canvas

Stretched canvas art is created from a giclée print on canvas (instead of paper), and like a traditional painting, the canvas is hand-stretched over a solid wood frame. It can be mounted in a float frame, or displayed on its own. The sides of the canvas are finished in a solid color that complements the artwork, creating a modern masterpiece ready to hang on your wall, without a frame.

⿻ Materials

Giclée printed with eco-solvent inks to resist fading for over 100 years

Canvases are archival-grade, acid-free, satin-finish polycotton fabric

Frames and stretcher bars are solid wood with black backboard and hanging wire installed

⿸ Dimensions

All sizes given are in inches (″)

Sizes offered are to scale with the original work of art

Every effort has been made to scale this artwork without distortion or cropping

Stretched canvases are assembled within a ¼″ tolerance, ex. an 8x12″ canvas's final dimensions will be ~8x12″, on 1.5″ deep stretcher bars

Framed canvases are ~2″ larger, ex. an 8x12″ canvas's final framed dimensions will be ~10x14″ overall

Float frames are ⅝″ wide viewed from the front, and 1⅞″ deep; with a visible gap ("float") between the frame and canvas of ~¼″

Rolled canvases have a 2″ white margin to allow for custom stretching and framing, ex. an 8x12″ print's final dimensions will be 12x16″

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