11-19-200411-20-2004
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2260Boston
November 19, 2004 04:00 PMCalender
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Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909) Whipping in the Straggler

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$23,500$20,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2260Location: BostonDate / Time: November 19, 2004 4:00PM

Description:

Frederic Remington (American, 1861-1909)

Whipping in the Straggler
Signed "-REMINGTON-" l.r., label from Cooley Gallery, Connecticut, on the
reverse.
Pen and ink with watercolor and gouache (en grisaille) on paper, sight size 13 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (33.6 x 19.6 cm),framed.
Condition: Foxing, not examined out of frame.

Provenance: A private Washington DC collection, circa 1930.

Published: Harper's Weekly, November 28, 1891, page 933.

Peter H. Hassrick and Melissa J. Webster's Frederic Remington, A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings (Buffalo Bill Historic Center; Cody, Wyoming, 1996) entry 1308.

N.B. In discussing this work Hassrick and Webster note that "in a November 20, 1891 letter to Powhatan Clarke, Remington wrote that he did a page on hunting with the Westchester hounds. The article subsequently appeared in Harper's Weekly".
Estimate $20,000-30,000

Keywords

Frederic Remington, Harper's Weekly, Cooley Gallery, Connecticut, Melissa J. Webster, Peter H. Hassrick, Wyoming, Cody, Buffalo Bill Historic Center