Charles Marion Russell

inscribed CM Russell and with the artist’s skull insignia (on the base); inscribed with the foundry mark Roman Bronze Works N-Y- (along the base)

height: 13 ¾ in.  (34.9 cm.)

Museum of Western Art, Denver

Randall D. Hubbard, Ruidoso, New Mexico (acquired in 1994)

Private Collection, Santa Fe

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exh. Cat., New York, Arthur H. Harlow & Company; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Special Exhibition: Paintings and Bronzes by Charles M. Russell, 1925, n.n. (New York) and no. 28 (Washington, D.C.), another cast mentioned

“Exhibition of Russell’s Work Starts Today,” Santa Barbara Daily News, 3 January 1927, another cast mentioned

Exh. Cat., The Art League of Santa Barbara; Los Angeles, The Biltmore Salon and New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, The First Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’ (Santa Barbara), Memorial Exhibition: Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’ (Los Angeles and New York), 1927, no. 59 (Santa Barbara), no. 51 (Los Angeles) and no. 64 (New York), another cast mentioned

“Charles Russell Memorial Exhibit at Biltmore Salon,” California Graphic, vol. 4, 22 January 1927, p. 7, illustration of another cast

Douglas Branch, “The American Cowboy,” Mentor, vol. 15, July 1927, p. 6, illustration of another cast

Frank Geritz, “Life of the Cowboy in Paint and Bronze,” Boston Evening Transcript, 21 November 1928, another cast mentioned

Exh. Cat., New York, Grand Central Art Galleries and Boston, Robert C. Vose Galleries, Charles Marion Russell: Painter of the West, 1928, n.n. (New York) and no. 14 (Boston), illustration of another cast

“The Old West in Charles Russell’s Statuary,” Touring Topics, June 1929, p. 44, illustration of another cast

Karl F. Yost, Charles M. Russell, The Cowboy Artist: A Bibliography, Pasadena, 1948, p. 174, another cast mentioned (titled Night Herder)

Homer E. Britzman and Lonnie Hull, Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles, 1949, p. 102, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth Art Association, Bronzes by Charles Marion Russell, 1950, no. 10, another cast mentioned

Exh. Cat., Tusla, Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, An Exhibition of Paintings and Bronzes by Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, 1950, illustration of another cast (titled Night Herder)

“State Has Only Few Weeks Left to Acquire Mackay Russell Art,” Great Falls Tribune, 14 September 1952, illustration of another cast

Charles M. Russell, “A Few Words About Myself,” Montana The Magazine of Western History, vol. 8, October 1958, p. 72, illustration of another cast

“The American Scene Presents the Works of C. M. Russell in the Gilcrease Institute of American History,” American Scene, vol. 3, 1960, p. 21, illustration of another cast (titled The Night Herder)

Exh. Cat., Santa Fe, Fine Arts Museum of New Mexico, The Artists in the American West, 1800-1900, 1961, no. 80, illustration of another cast (titled Night Herder)

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, Inaugural Exhibition, 1961, n.p., another cast mentioned

Montana Historical Society, ed., The Works of Charles M. Russell in the Permanent Collection of the Historical Society of Montana, Helena, 1962, p. 15, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Helena, Montana Historical Society, C.M. Russell and his Bronze Masterpieces of the Old Frontier, 1962-63, no. 46, another cast mentioned (titled Night Herder)

“C. M. Russell’s Bronze Masterpieces of the Old Frontier,” Montana The Magazine of Western History, vol. 13, January 1963, p. 15, illustration of another cast (titled Night Herder)

Michael S. Kennedy, ed., Cowboys and Cattlemen, New York, 1964, p. 73, illustration of another cast (titled Night Herder)

Exh. Cat., New York, Hammer Galleries, Charles M. Russell Centennial Exhibition 1864-1964, 1964, no. 4, illustration of another cast

Frederic G. Renner, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon G. Carter Collection, Austin and London, 1966, p. 114, illustration of another cast

Chan Bergen, “Montana Historical Society Presents C. M. Russell,” Western Horseman, no. 31, December 1966, p. 111, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery, Charles M. Russell Exhibition, 1967, another cast mentioned

Karl Yost and Frederic G. Renner, A Bibliography of the Published Works of Charles M. Russell, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1971, pp. 30, 37, 44, 46, 53, 55, 57-59, 66, 73, 75-76, 78, 87, 92, 94, 98, 103, 105, 107, 114, 120, 134, 253, another cast mentioned

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

Earl C. Adams, “The Most Valuable Russell Bronzes,” Persimmon Hill, vol. 3, p. 62, illustration of another cast

Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 175, illustration of another cast; p. 416 (titled Night Herder)

Frederic G. Renner, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum, New York, 1974, p. 92, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., College Station, Texas A&M University Art Gallery, Remington/Russell Exhibition, 1976, another cast mentioned

R. W. Norton Foundation, ed., Charles M. Russell (1864-1926): Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport, Louisiana,1979, p. 45, illustration of another cast

Rick Stewart, Charles M. Russell: Sculptor, New York, 1994, no. R-30, pp. 82, 98, 131 note 131, another cast mentioned; pp. 83, 281-285, illustrations of other casts in color