2016 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 6
6
Frederic Remington (1861 – 1909)
A Forester (circa 1892-1894)
ink wash on board
18.25 × 11.5 inches
signed lower right
VERSO
Titled
A Forester is included in the Frederic Remington Catalogue Raisonné as number 1612.
The April 1894 issue of Harper’s Monthly will accompany the lot.
This illustration is from an article resulting from Remington and writer Poultney Bigelow’s trip to Europe in 1892 to observe the British, German and Russian militaries.
LITERATURE
Poultney Bigelow, “Emperor William’s Stud Farm and Hunting Forest,” Harper’s Monthly (April 1894), page 753, illustrated halftone
Peter H. Hassrick and Melissa J. Webster, Frederic Remington A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Volume I (Cody, WY: Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1996), page 460, illustrated halftone