The Well in the Desert

Artist Frederic Remington (American, 1861 - 1909)

Datec. 1897

Mediumgouache and ink wash on paper mounted to ragboard

Dimensions26 1/8 × 38 1/8 inches (66.4 × 96.8 cm)
Frame: 32 3/8 × 44 1/2 × 2 inches (82.2 × 113 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.10.4

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextRemington began his artistic career as an illustrator. He traveled to the Southwest to make drawings and write stories for eastern magazines. He accompanied the United States Army and often portrayed military scenes. He made The Well in the Desert for a book he produced titled Drawings. It contained reproductions of over sixty of his works of art. The scene depicts a moment when the soldiers gather at a precious resource, water in the desert.

ProvenancePurchased September 13, 1958 though (C. Bland Jamison, Los Angeles, California) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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