Live Auction 2318Important American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Christie’s roundel
Lot 73 Sold by the Indianapolis Museum of Art to Benefit Future Acquisitions

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

Thrust his Lance Through the Body and Rode Him Down

Closed20 May 2010

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Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Thrust his Lance Through the Body and Rode Him Down
signed '-Remington' (lower left)
oil en grisaille on canvas
27¾ x 19½ in. (70.5 x 49.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1889.

The artist.
William E. Booth, Toronto, Canada.
(Probably) Parke-Bernet Galleries, n.d.
Harrison Eiteljorg, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1970.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1973.

Specialist note

A woodcut of the present work was used as an illustration in Clarence Pullen's article, "Christmas at the Hacienda," which was published in Harper's Weekly on December 7, 1889, p. 980.