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Magnificent original water color on paper

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Magnificent original water color on paper
Magnificent original water color on paper by noted artist Frederick Remington, signed lower right corner, entitled "Northwest Mounted Policeman", also known as "Mounty". Inscribed: "To my friend Davis, 1893". Refer to Oct. 1893 Subscribers Magazine, Page 403, illustrating article on NWMP. C. H. Davis was a well known portrait photographer who photographed the Remington family and this painting came directly from the Davis descendent. The provenance is from the Biltmore Gallery in Scottsdale, Az. Image size: 17"H x 10"W. Frederick Remington, born in Canton, NY, studied art at Yale University, traveled to the nearly expanding part of the United States in the 1880s and ended up illustrating outdoor scenes for Harpers and Colliers Magazines. A prolific illustrator , painter, and sculptor. Remington was from the east coast and continued to live in the East while making periodic trips to the West. His work was detailed and realistic and depicted action scenes involving wagon trains, Indian wars, cattle drives, etc. After an emergency appendectomy Remington died at the age of 48. This is a magnificent piece of art for the serious collector. Beautifully framed and matted.