Harry JacksonÕs PlantinÕ: the Model for his Range Burial Painting with Catalogues RaisonnŽs of his Casts of PlantinÕ, Range Burial, and Stampede

Harry JacksonÕs PlantinÕ: the Model for his Range Burial Painting with Catalogues RaisonnŽs of his Casts of PlantinÕ, Range Burial, and StampedeHarry Jackson (1924 2011), an early abstract expressionist artist, later achieved his greatest fame as a creator of American Western representational bronzes. Dissatisfied with the Range Burial bronze, the artist created a smaller and less crowded version entitled Plantin. Photographs and archival research now reveal that the only possible model for the Range Burial painting was not the Range Burial bronze, but rather was cast no. 1 of Plantin. The

Harry Jackson (1924-2011), an early abstract expressionist artist, later achieved his greatest fame as a creator of American Western representational bronzes. Dissatisfied with the Range Burial bronze, the artist created a smaller and less crowded version entitled PlantinÕ. Photographs and archival research now reveal that the only possible model for the Range Burial painting was not the Range Burial bronze, but rather was cast no. 1 of PlantinÕ. The developmental evolution of this sculpture is traced through all the known casts, utilizing Mr. JacksonÕs notes and casting records.The catalogues raisonnŽs of Mr. JacksonÕs bronze groupings PlantinÕ, Range Burial, and Stampede are included as Appendices.