Frederic Remington, In From the Night Herd, 1907, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Gift of Albert K. Mitchell
Crafted with exceptional care, these dark and seemingly dangerous nocturnes are at once an elegaic evocation of the Old West, and an expression of a deep and pervasive sense of disquiet. Their stark compositions and reductive tone add a surprisingly modern component to Remington's art.
