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Frederic Remington (1861-1909), The Passion of Ah-We-Ah
Estimate:
$150,000 - $250,000
Passed
Live Auction
2014 Jackson Hole Art Auction
ARTIST
Frederic Remington
Description
Title: The Passion of Ah-We-Ah
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27.25 x 40
Frame dimensions: 35.5 x 48.25 x 3
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27.25 x 40
Frame dimensions: 35.5 x 48.25 x 3
Condition
Overall this painting is in excellent condition. Under UV inpainting is evident scattered throughout, as well as over two vertical tear repairs (one on the lower right side and the other on the middle of the left side). There is minor spotting throughout the bottom half of the canvas. The gilt frame shows signs of minor wear and tear but is stable and in excellent condition. Signed lower right: Frederic Remington
Signature
signed lower right: Frederic Remington
Provenance
James Graham & Sons Gallery, New York, NY (label verso); Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, New Jersey; By descent to the present owner, circa 1988
Literature
F. Remington, Harper's Monthly, vol. XCIX, no. DLXXXIX, New York, June 1899, illus. p. 99; P. Samuels, H. Samuels, The Collected Writings of Frederick [sic] Remington, Garden City, New York, 1979, photoengraving illus. p. 369; P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, vol. II, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, illus. p. 686, no. 2432.
Exhibited
Whitney Gallery of Western Art, Cody, WY, 1974
