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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
For a Long Time He Stood, a design for The Way of an Indian
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

For a Long Time He Stood, a design for The Way of an Indian

Dateprobably 1900
Object number2018.5.4
ProvenanceThe artist, probably to publisher Robert Howard Russell, summer 1900, with all the paintings and drawings for The Way of an Indian; that body of work sold to William Randolph Hearst for publication in Cosmopolitan, late 1900; Ann and James Linn, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Howard B. Alspaugh Trust B; sold for the trust by [J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York], 1988; sold to [Joseph T. Berlin Fine Arts, Polson, Montana] and [A.J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington]; sold to donor
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Published Referencescf. Samuels, Peggy and Harold. Frederic Remington: A Biography. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982, pp. 297, 309, 361, 373, 394 [for provenance and publication history of illustrations for Way of an Indian]. Hassrick, Peter H. and Melissa J. Webster. Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, 2 vols. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press in association with Buffalo Bill Historical Center, 1996. Cat. no. 2481, vol. II, p. 713, reproduced; revised and expanded version on-line, http://remington.centerofthewest.org, no 2492.
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Bruce Leven
Dimensions23 x 21 3/4 in. (58.4 x 55.2 cm) Framed: 32 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 2 in. (83.2 x 80 x 5.1 cm)
MediumInk wash and opaque white on paper