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Frederic Remington crafted this scene of bloody confrontation for white audiences east of the Mississippi River, who imagined the West as a place of both danger and opportunity. An unseen Sioux warrior has shot a cavalry scout, who slumps over his horse while the troops behind him flee the ambush. A sculptor and illustrator as well as a painter, Remington was famous for his dynamic compositions of frontier life, which presented mythologized views of encounters between Native and settler-colonial communities in tantalizing color and detail. Although he traveled to western locations to sketch or gather material on assignment, he executed most of his work in his New York studio, including The Advance-Guard, which was later reproduced in Harper’s Weekly alongside an article by the artist.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 123 × 87 Cm |
| Tags | fashionanimalspeopleportraits |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Remington, 1895, 55
Remington, 1895, 55 (ill.).
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St. Louis, 1892.
St. Louis, 1892.
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Frederic Remington, 1890
Frederic Remington, 1890
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New York, American Art Galleries, 1893.
New York, American Art Galleries, 1893.
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Peter H. Hassrick, et al., <em>Frederick Remington Catalogue Raisonné</em>, accessed May 5, 2020, <a href="http://remington.centerofthewest.org">http://remington.centerofthewest.org</a>, cat. 01207, as <em>The Advance–Guard, or the Military...
Peter H. Hassrick, et al., Frederick Remington Catalogue Raisonné, accessed May 5, 2020, http://remington.centerofthewest.org, cat. 01207, as The Advance–Guard, or the Military Sacrifice.
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Shanghai Museum, <em>Pathways to Modernism: American Art, 1865–1945</em>, Sept. 28, 2018–Jan. 6, 2019, cat. 8.
Shanghai Museum, Pathways to Modernism: American Art, 1865–1945, Sept. 28, 2018–Jan. 6, 2019, cat. 8.
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<em>Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, Highlights of the Collection</em>,
Paintings at the Art Institute of Chicago, Highlights of the Collection, (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2017), 93.
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Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/2838/window-on-the-west-chicago-and-the-art-of-the-new-frontier-1890-1940"><em>Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier, 1890-1940</em></a>...
Art Institute of Chicago, Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier, 1890-1940, June 10–Oct. 16, 2003, cat. 73.
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Yang Zhigang, ed., <em>Pathways to Modernism: American Art, 1865–1945</em>, exh. cat.
Yang Zhigang, ed., Pathways to Modernism: American Art, 1865–1945, exh. cat. (Shanghai: Shanghai Book and Painting Press, 2018), cat. 8.
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Yang Zhigang, ed., <em>Pathways to Modernism: American Art, 1865–1945</em>, exh. cat.
Yang Zhigang, ed., Pathways to Modernism: American Art, 1865–1945, exh. cat. (Shanghai: Shanghai Book and Painting Press, 2018), cat. 8.
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Downey, 1941, ill. opp. p. 234 as <em>The Ambush</em>.
Downey, 1941, ill. opp. p. 234 as The Ambush.
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Judith A. Barter, <em>Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier 1890-1940</em>, exh. cat.
Judith A. Barter, Window on the West: Chicago and the Art of the New Frontier 1890-1940, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New York and Manchester, VT: Hudson Hills Press, 2003), 82, 168, cat. 73, fig. 2 (ill.).
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Earle 1924, 265.
Earle 1924, 265.
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Peter H. Hassrick and Melissa J. Webster, <em>Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Volume I</em>
Peter H. Hassrick and Melissa J. Webster, Frederic Remington: A Catalogue Raisonne of Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Volume I (Buffalo Bill Historical Center / University of Washington Press, 1996), 369, no. 1207.
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Allen P. and Marilyn D. Splete, <em>Frederic Remington: Selected Letters</em>
Allen P. and Marilyn D. Splete, Frederic Remington: Selected Letters (New York: Abbeville Press, 1988), 119, 121.
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Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago</em>
Art Institute of Chicago, Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown, 1988), 97, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1987–88
Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1987–88 (Chicago, 1988), fig. 18, 39, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago, <em>A Record of Sharing with Chicago’s Masterpiece</em>
Art Institute of Chicago, A Record of Sharing with Chicago’s Masterpiece (Chicago, 1983), 8, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Annual Report, 1982–83</em>
Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report, 1982–83 (Chicago, 1983), fig. 20, 26, ill.
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E.H. Wales, 1893. George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, by 1982
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Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Frederic Remington</em>, Sept. 1–Oct. 11, 1982, no cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Frederic Remington, Sept. 1–Oct. 11, 1982, no cat.
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given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.
given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.
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Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mitchell Museum, <em>Harding Foundation, Medieval and Renaissance Armor and Weapons, Remington Paintings, Bronzes and Drawings</em>, Dec. 5, 1981–Jan. 31, 1982, cat. 405.
Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mitchell Museum, Harding Foundation, Medieval and Renaissance Armor and Weapons, Remington Paintings, Bronzes and Drawings, Dec. 5, 1981–Jan. 31, 1982, cat. 405.
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Peggy and Harold Samuels, ed. <em>The Collected Writings of Frederic Remington</em>
Peggy and Harold Samuels, ed. The Collected Writings of Frederic Remington (Doubleday, 1979), 110, ill.
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Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum</em>, June 21–Oct. 10, 1969.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum, June 21–Oct. 10, 1969.
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Harold McCracken, <em>The Frederic Remington Book: A Pictorial History of the West</em>
Harold McCracken, The Frederic Remington Book: A Pictorial History of the West (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966), no. 212.
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Frederic Remington, <em>Pony Tracks</em>
Frederic Remington, Pony Tracks (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961), ill.
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<em>New York Times</em>
New York Times (January 9, 1893).
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<em>New York Times</em>
New York Times (January 14, 1893), 8, col. 4.
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<em>New York Daily Tribune</em>
New York Daily Tribune (January 14, 1893), 7, col. 5.
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Frederic Remington, “The Advance Guard, or The Military Sacrifice,” <em>Harper’s Weekly</em>
Frederic Remington, “The Advance Guard, or The Military Sacrifice,” Harper’s Weekly (September 16, 1893), 886, ill., 888–889.
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<em>New York Sun</em>
New York Sun (January 14, 1893), 2, col. 7.
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