CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (1864-1926)

Lot 106
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Lot 106 | CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (1864-1926)
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$ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (1864-1926)
The Whoop-Up Trail
signed and dated 'CM Russell/1899' with artist's skull device (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 36 ¼ in. (61 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1899.




Provenance

The artist.
Donald Borthwick, Livingston, Montana, acquired from the above.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York.
Barry Donahue Fine Arts, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1983.



Literature

T.C. Troccoli, ed., The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 2009, pp. 62-63, illustrated.



Exhibited

Indianapolis, Indiana, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, American Traditions: Art from the Collections of Culver Alumni, December 12, 1993-March 6, 1994.
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, A Personal Gathering: Paintings from the Collection of William I. Koch, February 11-May 19, 1996, pp. 132-33, no. 61, illustrated.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August 31-November 13, 2005, pp. 98, 110, 126, illustrated.



Further Details

The present work has been assigned number CR.NE.98 by the Charles M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné Committee.
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