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REMINGTON, FREDERIC, illustrator, painter, author and sculptor. Autograph letter signed ("Frederic Remington") to Henry Reuterdahl, painter and illustrator of Swedish descent, New Rochelle, N.Y., 15 November 1905. 1 page, 8vo, 200 x 121mm. (7 3/4 x 5 in.), on Remington's personal stationery, integral blank, slightly soiled.
REMINGTON AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHO "DON'T KNOW A D--- THING ABOUT PAINTING AND ONLY TRAF[F]IC IN NAMES THROUGH DEALERS."
In this sympathetic and strongly worded letter, Remington sincerely praises an unsold Reuterdahl painting and forcefully denigrates the American public for not having the good sense to purchase this work. "I suppose every fellow likes a good word now and then as we move along through life -- I know I do -- so I take occasion to say that I think your torpedo boat painting in the Collier Collection is a very fine picture. It sticks in my mind and keep[s] saying things to me -- and if I were as rich in money as I am in appreciation I should relieve you of its ownership. That rich Americans don't grab up efforts of that kind only proves that they don't know a d--- thing about painting and only traf[f]ic in names through dealers." Remington and Reuterdahl shared a brief friendship in which Reuterdahl convinced Remington to try his hand at sculpting.
REMINGTON AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WHO "DON'T KNOW A D--- THING ABOUT PAINTING AND ONLY TRAF[F]IC IN NAMES THROUGH DEALERS."
In this sympathetic and strongly worded letter, Remington sincerely praises an unsold Reuterdahl painting and forcefully denigrates the American public for not having the good sense to purchase this work. "I suppose every fellow likes a good word now and then as we move along through life -- I know I do -- so I take occasion to say that I think your torpedo boat painting in the Collier Collection is a very fine picture. It sticks in my mind and keep[s] saying things to me -- and if I were as rich in money as I am in appreciation I should relieve you of its ownership. That rich Americans don't grab up efforts of that kind only proves that they don't know a d--- thing about painting and only traf[f]ic in names through dealers." Remington and Reuterdahl shared a brief friendship in which Reuterdahl convinced Remington to try his hand at sculpting.