Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

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Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

Undiscovered Gems of the West - Day 3

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Welcome to our Undiscovered Gems of the West sale. This four-day Auction has over 4000 lots to choose from.

Day 3:

Northwest Coast Haida Indian Masks, John Fery Glacier National Park Painting, Charles M Russell Original Paintings and Sculptures, Alaskan Iridium Ingot Bar, Margo Hoff Lute Player Painting, Dimitri Haralamb Chiparus Bronze, Bob Scriver Lewis Clark & Sacajawea Bronze, Glenda Maxey Goodacre Pawna Bronze, William Louis Sontag Yellowstone National Park Painting, Earle Erik Heikka Bronze Collection, Newhouse No 6 Bear Trap, William Bill Gollings Watercolor Painting, Thomas J Scott Racehorse Painting, Brooke Wetzel Painting, Todd Connor Paintings, The Yellowstone and the Great Geysers Book, Randy Van Beek Painting, Record Book Montana Bighorn Sheep Taxidermy Mount, Ruana Knife Collection, Russian Icon Given by Tzar Alexander, Harry Andrew Jackson Bronzes, Sheldon Parsons New Mexico Painting, Howard Terpning Drawing, Carl Rungius Moose Painting, Paul Troubetzkoy Terrier Dog Bronze, Hans Kleiber Paintings, Newman Myrah Paintings, Gary Carter Paintings,...
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Raymond Entorf Huelster Yosemite Park Oil Painting

Lot # 876 (Sale Order: 876 of 1396)      

Title is Jeffrey Pine Tree Sentinel Dome Yosemite National Park. 21 3/4" by 26 3/4" framed. Raymond Entorf Huelster (1890 - 1955) was active/lived in Illinois, Montana. R...moreaymond Huelster is known for Commercial illustrator-posters, graphics, landscape painting. Raymond E. Huelster, one of three children, was born to August H. and M. Elizabeth (Entorf) Huelster on May 1, 1890 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With the employment of his father by the Chicago Trust and Savings Bank, the family moved to 339 South Lombard Street in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1904. Huelster began his art education in 1911 at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He later went on to study at the Campbell Academy of Fine Arts and at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1913 Huelster was awarded seven honorable mentions at the Art Institute. The artist continued to live and work in the Chicago area from his families' home in Oak Park through at least the 1920's. He primarily supported himself as a commercial illustrator. While the artist did exhibit with the Chicago Art Institute in 1918, it was as a graphic designer of posters for the South Shore Railroad in the mid to late 1920's that he is mainly now remembered. These advertising posters, following the popularity of the lithographs of the late 1800's, sought to encourage Chicagoans to use the transit system for more than commuting to work. Operating between Chicago, Michigan City and South Bend, they were meant to depict the appeal and natural beauty of the landscape and thus increase tourism. Nothing further has been located on the artist other than a mention in the obituary of his mother who died March 3, 1948. It stated that she was survived by her children and listed the artist as living in Belgrade, Montana.

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Northwest Coast Haida Gwaii Indian Chiefs Mask

Lot # 877 (Sale Order: 877 of 1396)      

Chiefs Eagle Mask. Tlingit Culture. Tag reads Unknown Artist, Haida or Tlingi Priv. Sale Masset Jun 1973. Second half of the 19th Century. Collected at Masset British Col...moreumbia by George Henry Raley. The box in the previous lot was used to store this mask. 8" by 5 5/8" by 5 1/4". Archival preservative appears to have been applied to the surface at some point, to prevent paint loss. Top, back side of mask exhibits an old area of loss and conservation as shown. Institution Worthy. Related examples of this work can be found in the Royal British Columbia Museum. Provenance: Private Collection, From the Family of George Henry Raley, through descent. This item has been looked at by many experts in the field including those who have toured with the Antiques Roadshow in the United States. It has been verified to be authentic. This lot is being resold from our last auction due to a non-paying buyer. Should you place a bid on this lot fraudulently, legal action will be taken against you. George Henry Raley came to Canada In his early teens to settle near Brockville, Ont. An all - round athlete, sportsman and naturalist, be entered the ministry in the Bay of Quinte Conference of the former Methodist Church in 1884. In 1803 he transferred to B.C. His first Mission was at Kitiniat Indian village, then one of the most Isolated missions on the B.C. coast. It Is three miles from the present giant industrial site of Kiti-mat. There, with his wife, the only white woman for miles, he spent 13 years, ministering to the needs of the Indians. He was their justice of the peace, judge, postmaster, doctor, meteorologist and general adviser. With a tiny hand press he turned out the north coast's first newspaper in 1896. He was editor, publisher and sales manager of the tiny quarterly. DR. Raley compiled the first dictionary of northern B.C Indian dialects. He spent a great part of his time in Kitimat teaching the Indians to speak, read and write English. In 1906 the tireless missionary moved to Fort Simpson, where he rebuilt the historic; church built by Rev. Thomas Crosby. In 1914 he transferred to the Coqualeetza Indian school at Sardis, where he was principal until retiring in 1934. He had lived since with his daughter, Mrs. G. H. Charlton, in Vancouver. Dr. Raley held fellowships in the Royal Geographical Society and the Society of Arts. He had the degree of doctor of divinity conferred on him by the Union Theological College of B.C for his humanitarian work amongst Indians.

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Northwest Coast Kwakiutl Haida Indian Raven Mask

Lot # 878 (Sale Order: 878 of 1396)      

Ceremonial Wood Mask. Tlingit Kwakiutl Culture. Tag on the underside reads Ceremonial Wood Mask, depicting a mythical bird, wood, pigment, collected in 1905 by G.H. Raley...more Kitimat British Columbia. Second half of the 19th Century. Collected at Kitimat British Columbia by George Henry Raley. Another tag on the underside from Hudson's Bay Company with an inventory number. Archival preservative appears to have been applied to the surface at some point, to prevent paint loss. Some wear and damage from use and age present throughout. Fully Articulated. Institution Worthy. 44" long, 10 1/4" wide, 13 1/2" tall. Provenance: Private Collection, From the Family of George Henry Raley, through descent. This item has been looked at by many experts in the field including those who have toured with the Antiques Roadshow in the United States. It has been verified to be authentic. This lot is being resold from our last auction due to a non-paying buyer. Should you place a bid on this lot fraudulently, legal action will be taken against you. George Henry Raley came to Canada In his early teens to settle near Brockville, Ont. An all - round athlete, sportsman and naturalist, be entered the ministry in the Bay of Quinte Conference of the former Methodist Church in 1884. In 1803 he transferred to B.C. His first Mission was at Kitiniat Indian village, then one of the most Isolated missions on the B.C. coast. It Is three miles from the present giant industrial site of Kiti-mat. There, with his wife, the only white woman for miles, he spent 13 years, ministering to the needs of the Indians. He was their justice of the peace, judge, postmaster, doctor, meteorologist and general adviser. With a tiny hand press he turned out the north coast's first newspaper in 1896. He was editor, publisher and sales manager of the tiny quarterly. DR. Raley compiled the first dictionary of northern B.C Indian dialects. He spent a great part of his time in Kitimat teaching the Indians to speak, read and write English. In 1906 the tireless missionary moved to Fort Simpson, where he rebuilt the historic; church built by Rev. Thomas Crosby. In 1914 he transferred to the Coqualeetza Indian school at Sardis, where he was principal until retiring in 1934. He had lived since with his daughter, Mrs. G. H. Charlton, in Vancouver. Dr. Raley held fellowships in the Royal Geographical Society and the Society of Arts. He had the degree of doctor of divinity conferred on him by the Union Theological College of B.C for his humanitarian work amongst Indians.

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Charles M Russell Montana Watercolor Painting

Lot # 879 (Sale Order: 879 of 1396)      

8 5/8" by 6 1/2" framed. Place card made by Charles M. Russell one autumn evening at Goose Bay when he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Linderman. This Watercolor P...moreainting is documented in the Russell Catalogue Raisonne: CR.NE.171. Verso: Russell No. 10. Provenance: Private Collection, Van Kirke and Helen Nelson, Kalispell, Montana. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artist

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Charles M Russell Montana Watercolor Painting

Lot # 880 (Sale Order: 880 of 1396)      

8 5/8" by 6 1/2" framed. Place card made by Charles M. Russell one autumn evening at Goose Bay when he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Linderman. This Watercolor P...moreainting is documented in the Russell Catalogue Raisonne: CR.NE.170. Verso: Russell No. 11. Provenance: Private Collection, Van Kirke and Helen Nelson, Kalispell, Montana. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artist

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Charles M Russell Montana Watercolor Painting

Lot # 881 (Sale Order: 881 of 1396)      

8 3/4" by 10 3/4" framed. Place card made by Charles M. Russell one autumn evening at Goose Bay when he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Linderman. This Watercolor ...morePainting is documented in the Russell Catalogue Raisonne: CR.UNL.420a, 1910. Unsigned Verso: Old Trigg-C Russell Foundation sticker. Provenance: "A Western Greeting" greeting card with 1926 calendar featuring 3 1/4"x 5" Russell print. Provenance: Private Collection, Van Kirke and Helen Nelson, Kalispell, Montana. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log struct

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Charles M Russell Montana Watercolor Painting

Lot # 882 (Sale Order: 882 of 1396)      

8 3/4" by 10 3/4" framed. Place card made by Charles M. Russell one autumn evening at Goose Bay when he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Linderman. This Watercolor ...morePainting is documented in the Russell Catalogue Raisonne: CR.UNL.420b, 1910. Verso: Old Russell Foundation sticker. Russell No. 9. Provenance: Private Collection, Van Kirke and Helen Nelson, Kalispell, Montana. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years

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Charles M Russell Piegan Brave Bronze

Lot # 883 (Sale Order: 883 of 1396)      

This is the first casting of this bronze, the original plaster is being sold in the next lot. Casting number 1/30. From the Estate of Dr. Van Kirke Nelson - Kalispell, MT...more. Measures: 6" tall on base by 1 4/5" by 1" 3/4" wide. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhib

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Charles M Russell Piegan Brave Plaster Model

Lot # 884 (Sale Order: 884 of 1396)      

The original plaster Piegan Brave by Charles M Russell. This is the only known plaster model of it's kind made. There was nothing that Charles Russell loved more than mak...moreing small, painted plaster sculptures which he could give as presents as a true gesture of friendship. From the Estate of Dr. Van Kirke Nelson - Kalispell, MT. Measures: 2 2/5" tall, 1 1/3" by 1" wide. This model's nose has been lost to time. The bronze in the previous lot is the first casting made from this model. The feather in the top right of the plaster on the Brave's head is representative of the same portrait sitting that Russell painted. That original watercolor sold in 1997 at auction. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned

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Charles M Russell Quarterhorse Plaster Model

Lot # 885 (Sale Order: 885 of 1396)      

An original plaster Quarterhorse with a hackamore by Charles M Russell. Signed CM Russell with skull. Dated 1923. There was nothing that Charles Russell loved more than m...moreaking small, painted plaster sculptures which he could give as presents as a true gesture of friendship. This horse was given to Marie Sappington who was the Russell's maid/nanny for many years. Then, to her son Delbert Johnson who Charlie nicknamed "Skookum." Then, to Gene Taconette who was Delbert Johnson's brother-in-law. It is now being publicly offered for sale for the first time, coming from a well known Montana private collector. This model has many names including Horsehead. Measures: 5 1/5" long, 3 3/4" tall, 2" 1/3" wide. Has signs of inpainting and repair as shown. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has

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Charles M. Russell Centennial Medallion Sterling

Lot # 886 (Sale Order: 886 of 1396)      

Solid Sterling Silver. 1864-1964. Very nice table medal in fitted box. Commissioned by Montana Historical Society and Montana Territorial Centennial Commission....more

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Original Charles M Russell Calendar Printing Plate

Lot # 887 (Sale Order: 887 of 1396)      

As etched by Russell for the Thomas D, Murphy Calendar Company. Title is In Enemy Country. 11 1/8" by 15 1/4". Comes with a 1950s calendar using the image. Charles Marion...more Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace f

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1925 Charles & Nancy Russell Christmas Calendar

Lot # 888 (Sale Order: 888 of 1396)      

8" by 10". This was the last Christmas card that was sent by the Russell's before Charles death in 1926....more

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Charles M Russell Sunshine Series Prints

Lot # 889 (Sale Order: 889 of 1396)      

The Mint Great Falls Montana Ink Stamped. 5 1/2" by 8 1/2"....more

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Montana is the Place Charles M Russell Booklet

Lot # 890 (Sale Order: 890 of 1396)      

Dick Flood Collection....more

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Charles M Russell Author Signed

Lot # 891 (Sale Order: 891 of 1396)      

An old-time cowman discusses the life of Charles M. Russell. Fred Barton. Author Signed....more

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Great Northern Charles Russell Glacier Park Stamps

Lot # 892 (Sale Order: 892 of 1396)      

Used by the Great Northern Railway as part of their See America First campaign, these poster stamps for Glacier Park featured Charles Russell artwork. They were issued ar...moreound 1910.

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1926 Bozeman Montana Roundup Luggage Sticker

Lot # 893 (Sale Order: 893 of 1396)      

The steer head was drawn by Charles M Russell. 5 1/2" wide....more

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Back Trailing On The Old Frontiers

Lot # 894 (Sale Order: 894 of 1396)      

Illustrated by Charles M Russell, 1922...more

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The Charles M Russell Book

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Harold McCracken, 1957...more

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Your Friend C.M. Russell

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The C.M. Russell Museum Collection of Illustrated Letters. Anne Morand, 1996...more

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Charles Russell

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Sophia Craze, 1989...more

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Charles M Russell Watercolors 1887 to 1926

Lot # 898 (Sale Order: 898 of 1396)      

Rick Stewart, 2015. New in Shrink....more

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1992 Winchester Repeating Arms Co Calendar

Lot # 899 (Sale Order: 899 of 1396)      

18 3/4" by 12 3/4" framed....more

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Charles M Russell Supreme Master Of Western Art

Lot # 900 (Sale Order: 900 of 1396)      

'Tana Mac, 1959. Included in this lot is a livery invoice from Great Falls that mentions the Silver Dollar Saloon which was Charlie's hang out....more

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