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Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Lot 64 PROPERTY FROM THE WESTERVELT COMPANY

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

Training Horses to Leap Obstacles, Tenth United States Cavalry

Closed20 November 2019

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Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Training Horses to Leap Obstacles, Tenth United States Cavalry
signed 'Frederic Remington' (lower center)
ink and wash on paper
18 ½ x 27 ½ in. (47 x 69.9 cm.)
Executed in 1891.

James Graham & Sons, New York.
Mrs. Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, Madison, New Jersey.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 31 October 1975, lot 46, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Specialist note


The present work was published as an illustration for Frederic Remington's article "Training Cavalry Horses to Jump Obstacles" in the September 19, 1891 issue of Harper's Weekly. Inscriptions describing the activities include remarks such as: '"Hit 'im again"--' (lower center), '"Good boy."--' (upper right) and '"Make 'im go--make 'im go?"--' (lower right). A previous owner of the present work, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, was the niece of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and a noted collector of Western sculpture.