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FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)

Lot 16
20.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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ID 1536286
Lot 16 | FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
Estimate value
$ 3 000 000 – 5 000 000
FREDERIC REMINGTON (1861-1909)
The Horse Thief
inscribed 'Copyright 1907 by/Frederic Remington' and stamped with foundry mark 'ROMAN BRONZE WORKS/N.Y.' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
27 in. (68.6 cm.) high
Modeled in 1907.




Provenance

Private collection.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Cody, Wyoming, acquired from the above.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2005.



Literature

H. McCracken, Frederic Remington: Artist of the Old West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1947, p. 155.
B. Wear, The Bronze World of Frederic Remington, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1966, pp. 86-87, pl. 12, another example illustrated.
P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 135, pl. 123, another example illustrated.
M.E. Shapiro, Cast and Recast: The Sculpture of Frederic Remington, Washington, D.C., 1981, pp. 54, 56, 104, another example illustrated.
P. Samuels, H. Samuels, Frederic Remington: A Biography, Garden City, New York, 1982, pp. 389, 390.
M.J. Webster, Frederic Remington: His Art and His Nocturnes, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis, 1986, p. 80.
A.P. Splete, M.D. Splete, Frederic Remington: Selected Letters, New York, 1988, pp. 309, 330.
M.E. Shapiro, P.H. Hassrick, Frederic Remington: The Masterworks, New York, 1988, pp. 199, 217, 227, 267, pl. 62, another example illustrated.
M.D. Greenbaum, Icons of the West: Frederic Remington’s Sculpture, Ogdensburg, New York, 1996, pp. 138-39, 189, other examples illustrated.
M.J. Webster, et al., Remington: The Years of Critical Acclaim, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1998, pp. 118-19, another example illustrated.



Exhibited

Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, on extended loan.
Artist:Frederic Remington (1861 - 1909)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Auction house category:Sculptures, Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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