A black-and-white watercolor of four different types of horses, all facing the to the left.

Types of Saddle Horses

Frederic Remington (1861-1909)

Date

ca. 1892
Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions

21 x 29 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
c.l. inscribed: "A weight carrier."-
c.r. inscribed: "Park - hack"-
l.l. inscribed: Frederic Remington.
l.l. inscribed: "Ladies saddler."
l.r. inscribed: "A Smoothe [sic] Trot."-
l.r. inscribed: 4.
Verso:
[removed] brown paper label in ink: Mr. Gulliver's Horse article - "weekly" - \ - \ - Idealized types of saddle horses. -
[removed] pink printed label: OWNER \ MELLON, MR. PAUL [typewritten] \ GPO 368968 \ ARTIST REMINTON, Frederic [typewritten] \ TITLE Types of Saddle Horses [typewritten] \ National Gallery of Art PM 6498 [typewritten]
[removed] white printed label: • GRAHAM GALLERY • 1014 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK 10021 [logo] \ ARTIST Frederic Remington (1861-1909) [typewritten] \ TITLE Types of Saddle Horses [typewritten] \ MEDIUM gouache [typewritten] \ SIZE 20 1/2" x 29" [typewritten] # \ Illust.: Harper's Weekly, Nov. 19, 1892 in [typewritten] \ "Types of Saddle Horses" by Wm. C. Gulliver, pg. [typewritten] \ 1112 [typewritten]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of Paul Mellon
Accession Number

1999.32
Copyright

Public domain

Homer and Remington in Black and White

March 4–July 2, 2017

This exhibition highlights the overlooked works on paper that helped catapult two great American artists to household names. Their ability to distill the essence of a scene using only black and white was fundamental to their success.

Location: Off view

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