Frederic Remington
The Gold Bug

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Gold Bug
Date1897
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 21 × 31 in. (53.3 × 78.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number43.46
Not on view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Frederic Remington Paintings," Live Oaks Art Club, Columbus, Texas, April 19–June 30, 1960.

"Frederic Remington Centennial Exhibition," Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Cody, Wyoming, April 20–September 15, 1961. (Now the Whitney Western Art Museum).

"International Philatelic Exhibition," Fine Arts Society of San Diego, July 16–July 20, 1969.

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