Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
"He Was the Law" (Billy the Kid)
signed '-Frederic Remington.' (lower right)
oil en grisaille on canvas
27 x 40¼ in. (68.6 x 102.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1901.
Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
"He Was the Law" (Billy the Kid)
signed '-Frederic Remington.' (lower right)
oil en grisaille on canvas
27 x 40¼ in. (68.6 x 102.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1901.
William Randolph Hearst.
Estate of the above.
[With]James Graham & Sons, New York.
George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1982.
E. Hough, "Billy the Kid. The True Story of a Western 'Bad Man.,'" Everybody's Magazine, September 1901, p. 303, illustrated.
H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947, p. 129.
P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. II, Cody Wyoming, 1996, p. 734, no. 2563, illustrated.
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington lent by the George F. Harding Museum, 1969.
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Frederic Remington, Painting and Sculpture from the George F. Harding Collection, 1982.
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