The Fire Eater Raised His Arms to the Thunder Bird

Arts of the Americas

c. 1900

Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Frederic Remington
Title: The Fire Eater Raised His Arms to the Thunder Bird
Place: New York
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1900
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: Signed, lower right: "Frederic Remington"
Dimensions: 69.2 × 102.6 cm (27 1/4 × 40 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: George F. Harding Collection
Reference Number: 1982.787
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Peter H. Hassrick, et al., Frederick Remington Catalogue Raisonné, accessed May 5, 2020, http://remington.centerofthewest.org, cat. 02523, as The Fire Eater Raised His Arms to the Thunder Bird.

Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington Lent by the George F. Harding Museum, June 21–Oct. 10, 1969, as Thanking The Thunderbird.

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