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Coming to the Call
Details
FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
Coming to the Call
signed 'Frederic Remington.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27 x 40 in. (68.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1905.
Coming to the Call
signed 'Frederic Remington.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
27 x 40 in. (68.6 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1905.
Provenance
The artist.
Robert J. Collier, New York.
Howard Young Galleries, New York.
Alfred G. and Matilda R. Wilson, Detroit, Michigan.
Estate of the above.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10 December 1970, lot 11, sold by the above.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection.
Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1984, lot 28.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1984.
Robert J. Collier, New York.
Howard Young Galleries, New York.
Alfred G. and Matilda R. Wilson, Detroit, Michigan.
Estate of the above.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 10 December 1970, lot 11, sold by the above.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection.
Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1984, lot 28.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1984.
Literature
Remington ledger book of paintings, 1903-1909, Frame 1918.266, Frederic Remington Art Museum archives, Ogdensburg, New York.
H.L. Card, "Frederic Remington, 1861-1909: Artist Historian of the Old West," Scrapbooks of Remington illustrations, compiled c. 1944, Vol. 1-5, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Collier's Weekly, vol. XXV, no. 21, August 19, 1905, pp. 14-15, illustrated.
"Art News," New York Evening Post, November 4, 1905, p. 9.
"Frederic Remington: A Painter of the Vanishing West," Current Literature, vol. XLIII, no. 5, November 1907, p. 524, illustrated (as Coming to Call).
F. Remington, Remington's Four Best Paintings, New York, 1908, n.p.
H.L. Earle, Biographical Sketches of American Artists, Lansing, Michigan, 1924, p. 265.
H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947, pp. 127, 146.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., A Catalogue of the Frederic Remington Memorial Collection, New York, 1954, p. 29.
D. Allen, ed., Frederic Remington's Own Outdoors, New York, 1964, p. 179, illustrated (as The Moose).
P. Samuels, H. Samuels, Frederic Remington: A Biography, Garden City, New York, 1982, p. 361.
E. Jussim, Frederic Remington, The Camera & The Old West, Fort Worth, Texas, 1983, p. 98.
D. Allen, "Remington: An American Original," Step-By-Step Graphics, vol. V, no. 1, January 1989, p. 22, fig. 7, illustrated.
J.K. Ballinger, Frederic Remington, New York, 1989, p. 120, illustrated.
P. Samuels, H. Samuels, Remington: The Complete Prints, New York, 1990, p. 99, illustrated.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Frederic Remington, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991, p. 11, fig. 3, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, The Frederic Remington Studio, Cody, Wyoming, 1994, p. 42, pl. 35, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, p. 803, no. 2775, illustrated.
S. Tatum, "Animal Calling/Calling Animal: Threshold Space in Frederic Remington's Coming to the Call," in W.R. Handley, N. Lewis eds., True West: Authenticity and the American West, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004, pp. 194-221, fig. 10.1, illustrated.
J.C. Troccoli, ed., The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 2009, pp. 216, 217, illustrated.
S. Tatum, In the Remington Moment, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2010, pp. 29-72, pl. 3, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, ed., Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné II, Norman, Oklahoma, 2016, pp. 95, 97, 278, fig. 4.21, pl. 88, illustrated.
H.A. Menges, 100 Favorite Illustrations from Collier's Magazine: 1898-1914, Mineola, New York, 2019, n.p., pl. 69, illustrated.
H.L. Card, "Frederic Remington, 1861-1909: Artist Historian of the Old West," Scrapbooks of Remington illustrations, compiled c. 1944, Vol. 1-5, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Collier's Weekly, vol. XXV, no. 21, August 19, 1905, pp. 14-15, illustrated.
"Art News," New York Evening Post, November 4, 1905, p. 9.
"Frederic Remington: A Painter of the Vanishing West," Current Literature, vol. XLIII, no. 5, November 1907, p. 524, illustrated (as Coming to Call).
F. Remington, Remington's Four Best Paintings, New York, 1908, n.p.
H.L. Earle, Biographical Sketches of American Artists, Lansing, Michigan, 1924, p. 265.
H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947, pp. 127, 146.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., A Catalogue of the Frederic Remington Memorial Collection, New York, 1954, p. 29.
D. Allen, ed., Frederic Remington's Own Outdoors, New York, 1964, p. 179, illustrated (as The Moose).
P. Samuels, H. Samuels, Frederic Remington: A Biography, Garden City, New York, 1982, p. 361.
E. Jussim, Frederic Remington, The Camera & The Old West, Fort Worth, Texas, 1983, p. 98.
D. Allen, "Remington: An American Original," Step-By-Step Graphics, vol. V, no. 1, January 1989, p. 22, fig. 7, illustrated.
J.K. Ballinger, Frederic Remington, New York, 1989, p. 120, illustrated.
P. Samuels, H. Samuels, Remington: The Complete Prints, New York, 1990, p. 99, illustrated.
Gerald Peters Gallery, Frederic Remington, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991, p. 11, fig. 3, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, The Frederic Remington Studio, Cody, Wyoming, 1994, p. 42, pl. 35, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, Cody, Wyoming, 1996, p. 803, no. 2775, illustrated.
S. Tatum, "Animal Calling/Calling Animal: Threshold Space in Frederic Remington's Coming to the Call," in W.R. Handley, N. Lewis eds., True West: Authenticity and the American West, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004, pp. 194-221, fig. 10.1, illustrated.
J.C. Troccoli, ed., The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 2009, pp. 216, 217, illustrated.
S. Tatum, In the Remington Moment, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2010, pp. 29-72, pl. 3, illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, ed., Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné II, Norman, Oklahoma, 2016, pp. 95, 97, 278, fig. 4.21, pl. 88, illustrated.
H.A. Menges, 100 Favorite Illustrations from Collier's Magazine: 1898-1914, Mineola, New York, 2019, n.p., pl. 69, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, American Art Galleries, Catalogue of the Collier Collection: An Important Collection of Original Drawings and Paintings by Distinguished American Painters and Illustrators, November 4-11, 1905, no 12.
St. Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis Art Museum; Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, March 11, 1988-April 16, 1989, pp. 13, 132, 134, 163, pl. 27, illustrated.
Indianapolis, Indiana, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, American Traditions: Art from the Collections of Culver Alumni, December 12, 1993-March 6, 1994.
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, A Personal Gathering: Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of William I. Koch, February 11-May 19, 1996, pp. 124-25, no. 54, illustrated.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gilcrease Museum; Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Frederic Remington: The Color of Night, April 13, 2003-March 14, 2004, p. 115, pl. 18, cover illustration.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August 31-November 13, 2005, pp. 25, 98, 105, 107, 108, illustrated.
St. Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis Art Museum; Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Houston, Texas, Museum of Fine Arts; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, March 11, 1988-April 16, 1989, pp. 13, 132, 134, 163, pl. 27, illustrated.
Indianapolis, Indiana, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, American Traditions: Art from the Collections of Culver Alumni, December 12, 1993-March 6, 1994.
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, A Personal Gathering: Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of William I. Koch, February 11-May 19, 1996, pp. 124-25, no. 54, illustrated.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Gilcrease Museum; Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Frederic Remington: The Color of Night, April 13, 2003-March 14, 2004, p. 115, pl. 18, cover illustration.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August 31-November 13, 2005, pp. 25, 98, 105, 107, 108, illustrated.
Brought to you by
Tylee Abbott
Senior Vice President, Head of American Art