Two Champs II

Harry Andrew Jackson, artist

1924–2011

Two Champs II, 1979

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: bronze; patina

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 59.7 x 25.4 x 34.9 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 23 1/2 x 10 x 13 3/4 in

Credit line: Gift of Dr. Richard and Laura Cummings

Accession number: 1986.0093

On display: Loo Gallery

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Harry Jackson grew up working in the lunchroom his mother ran at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. His frequent encounters with cowboys there sparked his fascination with the American West. In 1938, 14-year-old Jackson ran away from home and hitchhiked to Wyoming where he worked as a ranch hand. When Jackson turned 18 in 1942, he enlisted in the Marines and served as a sketch artist. Jackson was awarded the Purple Heart for his WWII service, but suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder for the rest of his life. After seeing a painting by Jackson Pollock while recovering in Los Angeles, Jackson moved to New York, befriended Pollock, and began painting in the Abstract Expressionist style. Later, however, he realized his abstract paintings were too removed from the rugged individualism that had enamored him as a boy. Moving back to Wyoming, he returned to making realist depictions of the Old West.