An Indian Trapper
Date: 1889
Medium: oil on canvas
Catalogue Number: 00981
Credit Line: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Dimensions: 49 x 34 1/8" (124.5 x 86.7 cm)
Illustration: Harper's Monthly (May 1891), p. 855, wood engraving.
Inscription: ll: FREDERIC REMINGTON--/'89
Illustration Inscription: ll: FREDERIC REMINGTON--/'89; lr: F.R
Provenance: The artist; Samuel B. Duryea, Brooklyn, New York, 1890; [?]; (David B. Findlay Galleries, New York, New York 1952); Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth, Texas, 1952; present owner
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How the West Was Made: Fact and Fiction in the Works of
Remington and Russell. Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum,
May 14 - August 7, 1994.
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Inaugural Exhibition. Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1961.
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Amerykanski Zachod (American West}, from the
Amon Carter Museum). Poland: Wystawa Zorganizowana Przez Museum,
1974.
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Brooklyn Art Club Annual Exhibition at the Art Association Galleries.
Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Art Club, January 27 - February 15, 1890.
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American Paintings. New York, New York: American Art Galleries,
opened April 7, 1890.
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Remington and Russell exhibition. Odessa, Texas: Ector County Library,
April 8 - 14, 1962.
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Remington and Russell exhibition. Midland, Texas: Midland Public Library,
April 1 - 30, 1963.
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Remington and Russell. Roswell, New Mexico: Roswell Museum and
Art Center, October 26 - November 30, 1963.
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Remington and Russell exhibition. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah,
November 1 - 30, 1964; traveling exhibit: Portland, Stanford.
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Remington and Russell exhibition. Portland, Oregon: Portland Art Museum,
January 15 - February 15, 1965; traveling exhibit: Salt Lake City, Stanford.
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Remington and Russell exhibition. Stanford, California: Stanford Art Gallery
and Museum, March 29 - April 18, 1965; traveling exhibit: Salt Lake
City, Portland.
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Remington and Russell exhibition. Plainview, Texas: Wayland Baptist College,
April 15 - May 16, 1966.
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from the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Boise, Idaho: Boise Art Association,
October 1966; traveling exhibit: Billings, Pullman.
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from the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Billings, Montana: Yellowstone Art Center,
November, 1966; traveling exhibit: Boise, Pullman.
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from the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art. Pullman, Washington: Washington State University,
December 1966; traveling exhibit: Boise, Billings.
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Frederic Remington: A Retrospective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture.
Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
October 11 - November 12, 1967; traveling exhibit: Oshkosh, Williamstown.
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The Russell Years, 1864-1926. Great Falls, Montana: C.M. Russell Gallery,
May 1 - 28, 1969.
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Remington Exhibition. Williamstown, Massachussetts: Sterling and Francine Clark
Art Institute, January 1 - April 1, 1973.
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July 25 - August 31, 1975.
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Masters of Western Art. San Angelo, Texas: Angelo State University,
June 16 - 29, 1977.
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Museum. Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Art Museum, April 25 -
June 24, 1979.
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Center, April 30 - September 30, 1978.
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January 1 - April 1, 1973.
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How the West Was Won. New York, New York: Wildenstein & Co.,
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True, the Man's Magazine, (May 1954).
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Amon Carter Museum, 1961.
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1973.
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accompany a retrospective exhibition of the work of Frederic
Remington. Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1973.
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Watercolors, and Bronzes by Frederic Remington and Charles M.
Russell. New York: Wildenstein & Co., 1968.
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Champney, A. N. A.; William M. Chase, A. N. A.; Charles Melville
Dewey; C. Harry Eaton; F. K. M. Rehn; D. D. Millet, N. A.; Robt. C.
Minor, A. N. A.; H. R. Poore, A. N. A.; Frederick [sic] Remington;
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1972. Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art,
1973.
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Philip Morris. Remington. London: Leo Burnett Limited, 1981.
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Meyer, Susan E. America's Great Illustrators. New York:
Harry N. Abrams Publishers, 1978.
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August 12, 1973.
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The Saint Louis Art Museum in conjunction with the Buffalo Bill
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collection.
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Dodge, Col. Theodore Ayrault. Riders of Many Lands. New York:
Harper & Brothers Publishers, copyright 1893, published 1894.
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Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1974.
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Remington to Frank Squires, January 30, 1890. The New-York Historical
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The information presented here is based on the Catalogue Raisonné edited by Peter Hassrick in 2016 and was accurate to the best of our knowledge at that time.
