John Ermine

Details

FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
John Ermine
signed 'Frederic Remington' (lower right)—inscribed 'John Ermine-/to Lewis E. Shipman/from Frederic Remington./April 13-1903-' (center right)
pastel over halftone on paper laid down on paperboard
25 x 15 ¾ in. (63.5 x 40 cm.)
Executed circa 1903.

Provenance

The artist.
Louis E. Shipman, New York, gift from the above, circa 1903.
Richard Morse, Los Angeles, California, 1990.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson, Wyoming, 15 September 2012, lot 132.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Further details

The present work is included as catalogue number 02643.1 in the Frederic Remington Catalogue Raisonné (available online at centerofthewest.org/catalogs/remington/), compiled by Peter Hassrick.

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Lot Essay

The present pastel was executed by Remington circa 1903 over a printed halftone of his frontispiece illustration for his novel John Ermine of the Yellowstone. First executed in oil (Private Collection) around 1902, the work depicts the story's protagonist, a white man raised by a Crow Indian tribe. Throughout the novel, Ermine must grapple with the conflicts of living between two cultures as he navigates his experiences in the military and in his romantic endeavors.

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