Frederic Remington · 1903
Fight for the Waterhole
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Five cowboys pinned down in a desert mudhole at noon, their horses dead around them, distant figures circling. MFA Houston.
Up to 24 × 16 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Fight for the Waterhole
Remington's late-1903 Fight for the Waterhole is a tighter, more psychological Western scene than his cavalry charges — five cowboys pinned down in a desert mudhole at high noon, their horses lying dead around them, distant figures circling out beyond the haze. The painting was painted for Collier's Weekly and now hangs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. One of the great late-Western canvases.
Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United States in the last quarter of the 19th century and featuring such images as cowboys, Native Americans, and the US Cavalry.
All Frederic Remington prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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