Frederic Remington
1861 - 1909
ON THE WAY TO THE PLATTE
This work has been examined by the Remington Examination Committee at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. A copy of the documented opinion, dated June 5th, 2017, accompanies the lot.
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip R. Norton
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1955
John Bidwell, "The First Emigrant Train to California", Century Magazine, New York, November, 1890, p. 115, wood engraving illustrated
Peter Hassrick and Melissa Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings, Seattle, 1996, no. 1083, p. 337, wood engraving illustrated