Frederic Remington
The Blanket Signal

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Blanket Signal
Datec. 1896
PlaceUnited States
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 27 × 22 in. (68.6 × 55.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 36 3/4 × 31 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (93.3 × 80.6 × 7 cm)
Credit LineThe Hogg Brothers Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number43.16
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
105 Enron Orientation Gallery
On view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryVA Hospital, Houston, 1955.

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

Ambassador George Bush, November 22, 1971–February 28, 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; The 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.

Bayou Bend Museum of Americana at Tenneco, Houston, September 22, 1991–February 26, 1993.

Peter Coneway's ranch, Sante Fe, New Mexico, August 1, 2006–July 2007.

"Go West," Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa, September 29, 2007–January 13, 2008.

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