Charles Marion Russell

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

height: 5 in.  (12.7 cm.)

R. L. Harrison, Albuquerque (acquired in the 1940s)

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Private Collection, Santa Fe

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Arthur Hober, “The Painter of the West That Has Passed,” World’s Work, vol. 22, no. 14626, July 1911, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat, New York, Folsom Galleries, The West That Has Passed, 1911, no. 31, another cast mentioned

Exh. Cat., The Winnipeg Stampede, Special Exhibition: Paintings by Charles M. Russell, 1913, no. 30, another cast mentioned

Exh. Cat., Chicago, Thurber’s Galleries; New York, Folsom Galleries and Pittsburgh, Wunderly Galleries, The West That Has Passed, 1916, no. 3, another cast mentioned

Exh. Cat., New York, Grand Central Art Galleries, Memorial Exhibition: Charles Marion Russell, ‘Painter of the West’, 1927, no. 78, 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, no. 35 (New York) and no. 31 (Boston), another cast mentioned

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

Karl Yost, Charles M. Russell, The Cowboy Artist: A Bibliography, Pasadena, 1948, p. 174, another cast mentioned

Homer E. Britzman and Lonnie Hull, Westerners Brand Book, Los Angeles, 1949, p. 109, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Fort Worth Art Association, Bronzes by Charles M. Russell, 1950, no. 21, another cast mentioned 

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

Exh. Cat., New York, Hammer Galleries, Charles M. Russell Centennial Exhibition, 1864-1964, 1964, no. 46, 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. 117, illustration of another cast

Exh. Cat., Alberta, Edmonton Art Gallery, Charles M. Russell, 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, 60, 62, 66, 91, 103 and 108, another cast mentioned

Earl C. Adams, “The Russell Estate,” Persimmon Hill, vol. 3, 1973, p. 57, illustration of another cast

Earl C. Adams, “The Most Valuable Russell Bronzes,” Persimmon Hill, vol. 3, 1973, p. 66, illustration of another cast

Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 416, another cast mentioned

Frederic G. Renner, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture in the Amon Carter Museum, New York, 1974, p. 67, illustration of another cast

Texas, McAllen International Museum, Bison-Tennial Exhibition, 1976, another cast mentioned

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. 83, illustration of another cast

Lexington, Massachusetts, Museum of Our National Heritage, C. M. Russell: Artist of the American West, 1984, another cast mentioned

Rick Stewart, Charles M. Russell, Sculptor, New York, 1994, no. R-7, pp. 55, 70, 71, 99, 100, 102, 131 note 131 and 176; pp. 174-75 and 177, illustrations of other casts in color