"Bullets Kicked Up the Dust,"

Artist Frederic Remington (American, 1861 - 1909)

Date1902

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions27 x 40 inches (68.6 x 101.6 cm)
Frame: 36 1/4 × 49 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (92.1 × 125.1 × 7.9 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2000

Object number31.10.6

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionGrisaille

Label TextRemington painted this work of art to illustrate a novel he wrote about the American West, John Ermine of the Yellowstone. The artist created a story about a white man who had been raised by the Crow Indians and who worked as a scout for the U.S. Army. This painting portrays infantry soldiers engaged in a skirmish with Sioux Indians. In the middle ground on the right side of the canvas, John Ermine rides his horse among the soldiers and soon will dash off to obtain reinforcements. The novel tells a tragic story of conflict in the West.

ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. W.D. Weiss, Jackson, Wyoming; Mr. William E. Weiss, Cody, Wyoming (Kennedy Galleries, Inc. New York, 1972); John S. Beale, Nantucket, Massachusetts[1]; purchased February 16, 2000 through (Browns Art Consultants, Omaha, Nebraska) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art 1. source Remington Catalogue Raisonné and personal knowledge Sarah E. Boehme

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