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The Discovery
Gilcrease
Museum

The Discovery

1908
Frederic Remington visual detail
ArtistFrederic Remington
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Market Intelligence

Observed sale facts, comparable evidence, artist index history and modeled research remain separate.

Public evidence
Last known price $12,000 Dealer sale · Nov 10, 1953
+44.1% vs previous observed sale
Matched price history · normalized USD · Foundry provisional
1951 · $8,3301953 · $12,000
$8K1951
$12K1953
Last known price$12,0002 matched observed sales
Observed median$10,165
Observed sales2
Artist index37.2
1953-11-10Dealer sale$12,000.00
1951-12-31Dealer purchase$8,330.00
Artist index contextLatest public build 37.2 · base 100 · n=1.Artist-level context is not an artwork valuation.

Comparable Sales

Same-artist public sales ranked by medium, creation year, dimensions and sale recency.

Evidence ranked
ArtworkSale dateHouseRealized USDMatch
The Bell Mare
1903 · oil on canvas
1950-04-01—$52,500.0070%
The Bell Mare
1903 · oil on canvas
1949-12-17—$6,250.0070%
Father Lacombe Leading the Indians
1890 · oil on canvas
1959-01-05—$2,325.0063%
Father Lacombe Leading the Indians
1890 · oil on canvas
1956-09-11—$500.0063%

Similarity score is descriptive evidence ranking, not a valuation model. Every row comes from the public-rights market boundary.

Provenance

Public
Accession gift/purchase

Accession gift/purchase

Frederic Remington Estate

Frederic Remington Estate

Bought by J.B. Cobb

Bought by J.B. Cobb

Passed down to J.B Cobb's son

Passed down to J.B Cobb's son

Sold to M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.

Sold to M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.

Sold to Gilcrease on February 9, 1952

Sold to Gilcrease on February 9, 1952

Gifted to City, 1955

Gifted to City, 1955

Source provenance text

Accession gift/purchase Frederic Remington Estate Bought by J.B. Cobb Passed down to J.B Cobb's son Sold to M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. Sold to Gilcrease on February 9, 1952 Gifted to City, 1955

Gilcreaseconfidence 100%
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Sourced Overview Evidence

The Discovery is a work by Frederic Remington. dated 1908. made in oil on canvas board. with recorded dimensions Image (Canvas): 27 × 40 in. (68.6 × 101.6 cm) Framed: 33 1/2 × 46 1/2 × 2 3/8 in. (85.1 × 118.1 × 6 cm). The work is recorded by Gilcrease Museum under accession 0136.2303.

Gilcreaseconfidence 100%

Evidence state

2 observed sales · 4 comparable sales · 7 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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