Frederic Remington
The Mier Expedition: The Drawing of the Black Bean

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Mier Expedition: The Drawing of the Black Bean
  • (Prisoners Drawing Their Beans)
Date1896
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions27 1/8 × 40 inches (68.9 × 101.6 cm)
frame: 36 5/8 × 49 5/8 × 2 1/4 inches

Credit LineThe Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number43.14
Non exposé

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Fabulous West Exhibition," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, September 1954.

The Century Club, Knoedler Galleries, New York, April–May 1956.

"A Century of Art and Life in Texas," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, April 9–May 7, 1961.

Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, June 7–August 31, 1964.

Frost National Bank, San Antonio, April 5–May 15, 1966.

"The Works of Charles Russell and Frederic Remington," Tyler Museum of Art, Texas, October 16–December 17, 1972.

"Frederic Remington in the Southwest," Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Fort Worth, January 1–April 1, 1973.

"Frederic Remington: The Master Works," The St. Louis Art Museum, March 11–May 22, 1988; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, June 17–September 5, 1988; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 1988–January 8, 1989; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 10–April 16, 1989.

"Frederic Remington and the Story of the West," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 17–September 1, 1991.

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