Lot Essay
The present work initially illustrated Julian Ralph's story, "How a Tourist Sees Richmond," published in Harper's Weekly in February of 1894.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLORADO COLLECTION
FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
The Paper Boy
Details
FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
The Paper Boy
signed with initials '-F.R.-' (lower right)
pen, ink wash and gouache on paper laid down on board
14 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (36.8 x 26 cm.)
Executed circa 1894.
The Paper Boy
signed with initials '-F.R.-' (lower right)
pen, ink wash and gouache on paper laid down on board
14 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (36.8 x 26 cm.)
Executed circa 1894.
Provenance
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts.
Saks Galleries, Denver, Colorado, 1980.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1981.
Saks Galleries, Denver, Colorado, 1980.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1981.
Literature
J. Ralph, "How a Tourist Sees Richmond," Harper's Weekly, February 24, 1894, p. 180, illustrated.
H.L. Card, "Frederic Remington, 1861-1909: Artist Historian of the Old West," Scrapbooks of Remington illustrations, compiled c. 1944, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947, p. 138 (as A New Idea in Mahogany).
M. Jackson, ed., The Illustrations of Frederic Remington with a commentary by Owen Wister, New York, 1970, p. 79, illustrated (as The New Idea in Mahogany).
P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. II, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, p. 504, no. 1803, illustrated (as A New Idea in Mahogany (The Paper Boy)).
H.L. Card, "Frederic Remington, 1861-1909: Artist Historian of the Old West," Scrapbooks of Remington illustrations, compiled c. 1944, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947, p. 138 (as A New Idea in Mahogany).
M. Jackson, ed., The Illustrations of Frederic Remington with a commentary by Owen Wister, New York, 1970, p. 79, illustrated (as The New Idea in Mahogany).
P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. II, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, p. 504, no. 1803, illustrated (as A New Idea in Mahogany (The Paper Boy)).
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