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The Fire Eater Raised His Arms to the Thunder Bird
Frederic Remington · c. 1900
Provenance
Ownership history
- George F. Harding, Jr. (1868–1939), Chicago, by 1939 [Harding Collection no. 385]; bequeathed to the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, 1939 [the museum closed in 1964 and the collection was placed in storage in Chicago and New York]; transferred to the Art Institute of Chicago, July 30, 1982 [incoming receipt, RX13605, July 30, 1982; copy in curatorial object file]; accessioned by the Art Institute of Chicago, 1982.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum</em>, June 21–Oct. 10, 1969, as <em>Thanking The Thunderbird</em>.
Literature
Published references
- 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. 02523, as <em>The Fire Eater Raised His Arms to the Thunder Bird</em>.
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