Image Lot Price Description


2143
$12,650.00

ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERIC SACKRIDER REMINGTON (American, 1861-1909) “A CAVALRY SCRAP”. Oil on canvas scene shows a charging Cavalry amongst Indians on horseback in a desert setting. Signed lower right. Housed in an antique gesso decorated gilt frame. This appears to be a study for the final large version which is at the University of Texas. NOTE: When Remington was on assignment with Company K, 10th Cavalry he sketched a scene and entitled it “Riderless Horse.” When he was commissioned by the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York to paint “A Cavalry Charge” he used the riderless horse as the center figure and completed this gigantic painting by adding Indians and cavalrymen engaged in a ferocious battle. The painting was a gift to The University of Texas at Austin, in 1943 from Ima Hogg, and hangs on the second floor gallery of the Humanities Research Center. Also, The Charge, aka A Cavalry Scrap, was printed and published in 1910 in Collier’s Weekly (the right hand 1/3 was not used). SIZE: 20-1/4″ x 46-1/2″. PROVENANCE: From a Connecticut Collection. CONDITION: Craquelure, surface dirt, very good. 9-22264 (10,000-20,000)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - August 2011
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