John Ermine of the Yellowstone.

REMINGTON, Frederic.

$2,500.00

Item Number: 148081

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.

First edition of this thought-provoking work of a young Native American man who is torn between his traditional way of life and the rapidly changing world around him. Octavo, original cloth, frontispiece, top edge gilt, black and white illustrations by Frederic Remington. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To my friend Collin Armstrong Frederic Remington 1903.” In very good condition.

Frederic Remington was an influential American artist, illustrator, and writer renowned for his depictions of the American West. Active during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his work captured the landscapes, cowboys, Native Americans, and frontier life, shaping popular perceptions of the West. Throughout his career as an artist, Remington would travel with several western armies during their conflict with the region's many indigenous groups, notably arriving on the scene just after the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. Through paintings, sculptures, and illustrations for publications such as Harper’s Weekly, Remington combined vivid realism with romanticized imagery, emphasizing themes of adventure and rugged individualism. His sculptures, like The Broncho Buster, and paintings, such as A Dash for the Timber, remain iconic representations of Western art. Remington’s work significantly contributed to the mythology of the American West, blending artistic mastery with cultural storytelling.