Lot 15: Elizabeth H. Remington (1825-1917)

The Two Kings: Corn, Cotton
signed, dated and inscribed 'copyright 1876 by E.H. Remington' (lower left)--signed and dated twice, inscribed with title and 'painted in Niagara Falls Exhibited at the National Centennial Philadelphia 1876' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas--unframed
36 x 26 in. (91.4 x 66 cm.)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, World's Fair, Centennial Exhibition: International Exhibition of Arts, Manufacturers and Products of the Soil and Mine, 1876.
Washington, D.C., The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1876: A Centennial Exhibition, 1976.
Washington, D.C., The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, on extended loan, 1976-circa 1988.

R.C. Post, The National Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, 1876: A Centennial Exhibition, Washington, D.C., 1976, p. 11.

Bernard Baruch, New York, circa 1970.

During the Centennial year, 1876, Philadelphia was host to a celebration of one hundred years of American culture and industrial progress. Officially known as the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufacturers and Products of the Soil and Mine, the Centennial Exhibition was the first major World's Fair to be held in the United States. The most enduring accomplishment of the Exhibition was to introduce America as a new industrial world power, and to showcase Philadelphia as a center of culture and industry.

The Two Kings: Corn, Cotton demonstrates Elizabeth Remington's gift as a still life painter, paying careful attention to detail, color and form. More importantly, Remington creates a lasting tribute to America's powerful agrarian society at the dawn of the industrial age.