Charles Marion Russell

inscribed CM Russell and with the artist’s skull insignia (on the base); inscribed with the foundry mark Calif. Art. Bronze. Fndy. L.A. (along the base)

height: 14 ¾ in.  (37.5 cm.)

Private Collection, La Cañada, California

Private Collection, Santa Fe

Private Collection, Dallas

Private Collection, Santa Fe

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, The Biltmore Salon, Special Exhibition of Paintings and Bronzes by Charles M. Russell, 1924, no. 10

Exh. Cat., New York, Arthur H. Harlow & Company, Special Exhibition: Paintings and Bronzes by Charles Marion Russell, 1925

Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Special Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures by Charles M. Russell, 1925, no. 22

“First Memorial Exhibit of Russell’s Art Displayed Here,” Santa Barbara Daily News, 5 January 1927, illustration of another cast (titled Where the Best Riders Quit)

Exh. Cat., Art League of Santa Barbara, The First Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’, 1927, no. 47

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, The Biltmore Salon, Memorial Exhibition: Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’, 1927, no. 39

Exh. Cat., New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture Contributed by Artist Members of the Galleries, 1927, no. 25, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Memorial Exhibition: Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’, 1927, no. 52

Exh. Cat., New York, Grand Central Art Galleries and Boston, Robert C. Vose Galleries, Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’, 1928, no. 6 (New York) and no. 4 (Boston)

Frank Geritz,”The Old West in Charles Russell’s Statuary,” Touring Topics, vol. 21, June 1929, p. 44, illustration of another cast; p. 45

Exh. Cat., Minnesota State Fair, Fine Arts Galleries, Twentieth Annual Exhibition of Fine Arts, 1930, no. 101

Ramon F. Adams and Homer E. Britzman, Charles M. Russell, The Cowboy Artist, Pasadena, 1948, p. 216, illustration of another cast

Karl Yost, Charles M. Russell, The Cowboy Artist: A Bibliography, Pasadena, 1948, p. 172

Homer E. Britzman and Lonnie Hull, “The West in Bronze,” Westerners Brand Book, 1949, p. 97, illustration of another cast

Homer E. Britzman, “Genius in Chaps: The Life and Works of Charlie Russell,” Arizona Highways, vol. 25, November 1949, illustration of another cast on the cover

Exh. Cat., Tulsa, Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, An Exhibition of Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, 1950 (titled The Sunfisher)

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth Art Association, Bronzes by Charles M. Russell, 1950, no. 4

“The American Scene Presents the Works of C. M. Russell in the Gilcrease Institute of American History,” American Scene, vol. 3, Summer 1960, pp. 23-24 (titled The Sunfisher)

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth,  Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Inaugural Exhibition, 1961, no. 4

The Works of Charles Marion Russell (1864-1964) in the Collection of the Historical Society of Montana, Helena, Montana, 1962, p. 15, illustration of another cast (titled The Weaver)

C.M. Russell Bronzes from the C. S. McNair Collection, New York, 1962, pp. 194-95, illustration of another cast

The Work of Charles M. Russell and Other Western Artists, New York, 1962, p. 3, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Helena, Montana Historical Society, C.M. Russell and His Bronze Masterpieces of the Old Frontier, 1962-63, no. 4, illustration of another cast

“C. M. Russell’s Bronze Masterpieces of the Old Frontier,” Montana The Magazine of Western History, vol. 13, January 1963, p. 35, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat. Hammer Galleries, Charles M. Russell Centennial Exhibition, 1864-1964, 1964, no. 10, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., Cosmos Club, Special Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture by Charles Marion Russell, 1966, no. 42 (titled The Weaver)

Frederic G. Renner, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon G. Carter Collection, Austin and London, 1966, p. 122, illustration of another cast (titled The Weaver)

Chan Berger, “Montana Historical Society Presents C. M. Russell,” Western Horseman, no. 31, December 1966, p. 110, illustration of another cast (titled The Weaver)

Exh. Cat., Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery, Charles M. Russell, 1967

Exh. Cat., Columbus, Ohio State University, Remington/Russell Exhibition, 1967

Karl Yost and Frederic G. Renner, A Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles M. Russell, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1971, pp. 29-30, 44, 48, 53, 55-57, 59-60, 66, 73, 75-76, 80, 86, 92, 94, 103, 107, 120, 132, 134, 181, 227, 254, 258-59 (titled The Weaver)

Frank Getlein, The Lure of the Great West, Waukesha, Wisconsin 1973, p. 342, illustration of another cast (titled The Weaver)

Earl C. Adams, “The Most Valuable Russell Bronzes,” Persimmon Hill, no. 3, Summer 1973, p. 60, illustration of another cast

Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 415

Frederic G. Renner, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum, New York, 1974, p. 95, illustration of another cast (titled The Weaver)

R. W. Norton Foundation, ed., Charles M. Russell (1864-1926): Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Collection of the R.W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1979, p. 44, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Phoenix Art Museum; Great Falls, Montana, C. M. Russell Museum and Denver Art Museum, Charles M. Russell: The Frederick G. Renner Collection, 1981, illustration of another cast (titled The Weaver)

Exh. Cat., Lexington, Museum of Our National Heritage, C.M. Russell: Artist of the American West, 1984

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1985

Rick Stewart, Charles M. Russell, Sculptor, New York, 1994, no. R-27, pp. 80, 100, 130, 179 and pp. 268-73, illustrations of other casts in color