Frederic Remington
The Scout

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Scout
Datec. 1902
Made inUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 40 × 27 1/2 in. (101.6 × 69.9 cm)
Frame: 47 × 34 1/2 × 3 in. (119.4 × 87.6 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlene Quitter Thompson
Object number2013.653
Non exposé

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceAccording to the Hassrick/Webster catalogue raisonné of the artist, the provenance is listed as: Artist; F.A. Mohr, Toledo, Ohio, purchased from the 1904 Remington exhibition at Noé Gallery, New York City; possibly acquired by Clark Thompson and wife Libby Moody Thompson, Galveston, TX; Charlene Q. Thompson estate, ? date; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2013
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in the image lower left in red paint: Frederic Remington
Printed labels on verso removed and mounted onto new blue-board backing:

NEWHOUSE GALLERIES / INCORPORATED / PAINTINGS / 15 EAST 57th STREET NEW YORK, 22 N.Y.

NO. 17007 SIZE: 40 X 27 1/4 / THE SCOUT / TITLE / FREDERIC REMINGTON / ARTIST / 1861 1909

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