The Charge on the Sun-Pole
Alternate Title: Sioux Indians Charging The Sun-Pole
Date: ca. 1890
Medium: oil on board, b/w
Catalogue Number: 01024
Credit Line: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 24 1/2" (46.99 x 62.23 cm)
Illustration: Century Magazine (March 1890), p. 755, wood engraving.
Inscription: lr: F. REMINGTON.; stamped on reverse: This picture is presented to W. L. Fraser by the Century Co.... 18/It has been engraved, published and/copyrighted by the Century Co./New York/and must not be reproduced or published without consent on the reverse
Illustration Inscription: ll: F. REMINGTON.; lr: EVANS Sc
Provenance: The Century Co., New York, New York; W. L. Frazer; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, New York, 1970); Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Seymour III, Fort Worth, Texas; (Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, New York, 1979); present owner
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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.
