Frederic Remington (American 1861-1909)
“Apache Scout”, 1890
depicting a full-length standing figure of an Apache scout holding a rifle, wearing a dark blue military jacket, white breechcloth and leggings, and a red headband.Executed with Remington’s characteristic attention to ethnographic and military detail, this work exemplifies his early field sketches documenting the U.S. Cavalry and Native scouts of the American Southwest, circa 1880s–1890s.
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right Frederic Remington
Titled and inscribed lower left “An Apache Scout-Lieut P.H. Clark in Command”
Original watercolor study for Harper’s Weekly, New York, December 27, 1890, pg. 1004, featured next to “Lieutenant S. C. Robertson, Chief of the Crow Scouts” (currently located at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas)
16″ x 7 1/2″
Provenance: Hammer Galleries, New York
Estimate: $10000 - $15000