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Charles M. Russell (1864-1926), Buffalo Hunt
Estimate:
$900,000 - $1,500,000
Sold
$700,000
Live Auction
2014 Jackson Hole Art Auction
ARTIST
Charles M. Russell
Description
Title: Buffalo Hunt
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 8.75 x 17 (sight)
Frame dimensions: 16.75 x 25 x 2.5
Medium: watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 8.75 x 17 (sight)
Frame dimensions: 16.75 x 25 x 2.5
Condition
This painting is in excellent condition. There is minor spotting on the top edge, but otherwise the paper is clean. The watercolor pigments are bright and strong. The gilt frame is in excellent condition and the piece is under Optimum Reflection Control Acrylic, which is shatterproof with UV and anti-static protection. Signed lower left: CMR (cipher) 1901
Signature
initialed and dated lower left: CMR (cipher) 1901
Provenance
William F Tannhauser, (1874-1946), Montana /Milwaukee, WI; John and Gertrude Tannhauser Schreibart, Milwaukee, WI (by bequest, 1946); James D. and Helen Horn Sammarco, Milwaukee, WI (purchased 1954); Ailene Horn Beady, Brookfield WI, (by bequest 1983); (Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, NM 1983); Private Collection, Florida
Literature:
B. Byron Price, editor and Anne Morand, Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné,
Volume 1, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007.
Related literature:
Related Literature
Frederic G. Renner, Charles M. Russell: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture in the Amon G. Carter Collection, Fort Worth, Texas: The Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1966;
Peter H. Hassrick, Charles M. Russell, New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989;
John Taliaferro, Charles M. Russell: The Life and Legends of America’s Cowboy Artist Canada: Little, Brown & Co. (Canada) Ltd., 1996;
Larry Len Peterson, Charles M. Russell, Legacy: Printed and Published Works of Montana’s Cowboy Artist, Helena, Montana: Falcon Publishers, Inc. in cooperation with the Charles M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana, 1999.
