Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

Untitled ("Long Distance Riding")

Details

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Untitled ("Long Distance Riding")
signed with initials 'F.R' (lower right)
pen and ink wash on paper laid down on paper
10¾ x 11 in. (27.3 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1893.

Provenance

Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, circa 1968.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

C. King, "Long-Distance Riding," The Cosmopolitan, vol. 16, November 1893-April 1894, p. 295, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. II, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, p. 487, no. 1726, illustrated.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., Kennedy Quarterly, vol. VIII, no. II, New York, 1968, p. 88, no. 102 (as Horse and Rider).

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Lot Essay

The present work was published as an illustration for Charles King's article "Long-Distance Riding" in the January 1894 issue of The Cosmopolitan. The letter T depicted helps form "The" in the first sentence of Captain King's account on the importance of cavalry couriers in the military.

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