Frederic Remington 1861-1909

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Description

Frederic Remington
Success
signed Frederic Remington, l.l.; also titled "Success"--/"Antoine's Moose Yard" on the reverse
pen and ink, wash and gouache on board
11 1/4 by 18 3/4 in.
(28.6 by 47.6 cm)
Executed circa 1889-90.

Provenance

Charles L.F. Robinson, New York and Newport, Rhode Island
By descent to the present owner (his great-grandson)

Literature

Julian Ralph, "Antoine's Moose-Yard," Harper's Monthly, October 1890, illustrated p. 666
Peter H. Hassrick and Melissa J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. I, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, no. 974, p. 310, illustrated

Catalogue Note

"Remington and his friend, writer Julian Ralph, traveled to Montreal and Mattawa, Canada, in December of 1889 to hunt moose. The account of their adventure was published in Harper's Monthly (October 1890), authored by Ralph and illustrated by Remington" (Hassrick and Webster, p. 307).