Lot 82
  • 82

Frederic Remington

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Frederic Remington
  • "The Great Beast Came Crashing to Earth"
  • signed Frederic Remington (lower left); also inscribed "Charged by a Buffalo"/Roosevelt in St. Nicholas (on the reverse)
  • ink wash heightened with white on board
  • 14 by 19 inches
  • (35.6 by 48.3 cm)
  • Executed in 1889.

Provenance

J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York
Peter Keisogioff Rare Books, circa 1960s (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 2, 2010, lot 104)
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale) 
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Theodore Roosevelt, "Buffalo Hunting," St. Nicholas, December 1889, illustrated as an engraving p. 142
Peter H. Hassrick and Melissa J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. 1, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, no. 44, p. 198, illustrated as an engraving

Condition

There is mat burn around the edges beneath the mat and the board is somewhat toned. There are small water marks and tack holes at the upper corners. There is tape residue from former hinges on the reverse.
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