CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (1864-1926)
20.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1536300
Lot 2 | CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (1864-1926)
Estimate value
500000USD $ 500 000 – 700 000
Scattering the Riders
signed and dated 'CM Russell 1900' with artist's skull device (lower left)
watercolor and gouache on paperboard
21 x 29 in. (53.3 x 73.7 cm.)
Executed in 1900.
Provenance
The artist.
Bill Rance, Great Falls, Montana, (probably) acquired from the above.
Sam Stevenson, Butte, Montana.
Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho, 31 July 1999, lot 90.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
"No More West," Silver Dollar Calendar, 1921, illustrated.
J. Willard, The CMR Book, Seattle, Washington, 1970, pp. 35-36, illustrated.
B.W. Dippie, Looking at Russell, Fort Worth, Texas, 1987, p. 65.
C. Smith, ed., The Riches of the West: A Sourcebook on the American West, Brookfield, Connecticut, 1992, frontispiece illustration.
L.L. Peterson, Charles M. Russell, Legacy: Printed and Published Works of Montana's Cowboy Artist, Helena, Montana, 1999, pp. xvii, 44, 50, 59, fig. 2.5, illustrated.
M.H. Kennedy, "Book Reviews: Charles M. Russell, Legacy: Printed and Published Works of Montana's Cowboy Artist by Larry Len Peterson," Great Plains Quarterly, vol. XX, no. 3, Summer 2000, p. 242.
L.L. Peterson, Charles M. Russell: Photographing the Legend, Norman, Oklahoma, 2014, pp. 132, 181, illustrated.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August 31-November 13, 2005, p. 127, illustrated.
Further Details
The present work has been assigned number CR.PC.267 by the Charles M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné Committee.
| Artist: | Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) |
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| Applied technique: | Watercolor on paper |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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