The Blanket Signal ☴ Remington ☷ Canvas portrait The Little Street

The Little Street

elbow on a table with two books and the medicinal herb foxglove

is one of his most widely reproduced and exhibited paintings

overlooking a river where a man rows a boat

All three also appear in Dance at Le Moulin

The Blanket Signal ☴ Remington ☷ Canvas portrait The Little StreetThe Blanket Signal (1896) by Frederic Remington depicts an Indian scout on horseback, holding a rifle and using a large, colorful blanket, to signal fellow tribesmen. The attention to detail in clothing and artifacts, and the dramatic composition against the land and sky showing a connection to the land, are hallmarks of Remington's work. Native Americans often appeared as the enemy in his earlier work, but in defeat became they became the enduring