2015 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 242220 / 290  •  View Catalog  •   • 

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Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926)
Letter to Frank Kerr (1924)
watercolor and ink on paper
5.5 × 3.5 inches
signed and dated lower right
typed card
3 × 4 inches
signed lower right
envelope
3.5 × 5.5 inches
reproduction print with poem
7.5 × 10.5 inches
Christmas card
3.5 × 5.5 inches
signed lower right

Letter to Frank Kerr is recorded in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as reference number CR.NE.667.

PROVENANCE
The Artist
Frank A. Kerr, Butte, MT, 1924
By descent in the family, until 2007
[The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, 2007]
Private Collection

242

Charles M. Russell

1864 – 1926

Letter to Frank Kerr (1924)
watercolor and ink on paper
5.5 × 3.5 inches
signed and dated lower right
typed card
3 × 4 inches
signed lower right
envelope
3.5 × 5.5 inches
reproduction print with poem
7.5 × 10.5 inches
Christmas card
3.5 × 5.5 inches
signed lower right
Sold at Auction: $81,900
Condition ReportViewed through glass.

Letter to Frank Kerr: Paper appears in good condition with no signs of damage.

typed card: 3/4” vertical tear in the bottom center. And a 1/16” hole top center.

envelope: two surface abrasions, one under the stamp and one in the center left.

reproduction print with poem: Paper appears in excellent condition with no signs of damage.

Christmas card: Paper appears in good condition with no signs of damage.

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