Live Auction 2822American Art
Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Lot 48

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

Untitled ("Long Distance Riding")

Closed26 February 2014

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USD 30,000

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Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Untitled ("Long Distance Riding")
signed with initials 'F.R' (lower right)
pen and ink wash on paper laid down on paper
10¾ x 11 in. (27.3 x 27.9 cm.)
Executed in 1893.

Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, circa 1968.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note

The present work was published as an illustration for Charles King's article "Long-Distance Riding" in the January 1894 issue of The Cosmopolitan. The letter T depicted helps form "The" in the first sentence of Captain King's account on the importance of cavalry couriers in the military.