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Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926)
Fink Kills His Friend [or] A Trapper's Fracas Outside the Walls of Fort Union
pen & ink on paper
12.5 × 20.25 inches
signed lower left

VERSO
Label, Pasadena Art Institute A-153
Label, Buffalo Bill Historical Center

Fink Kills His Friend is recorded in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as reference number CR.DR.38.

PROVENANCE
The Collection of Earl C. Adams
E. A. Knoedler Galleries, New York, NY William E. Weiss, 1960
The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. William D.
Weiss, Jackson, WY, by descent
[The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, July 26, 2003, Lot 125]
Private Collection, CA, 2003

LITERATURE
Charles M. Russell, Back Trailing on the Old Frontiers (Great Falls, MT: Cheely- Raban Syndicate, 1922), page 14, illustrated line engraving
Agnes C. Laut, Blazed Trail of the Old Frontier (New York, NY: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1926), page 197, illustrated

170

Charles M. Russell

1864 – 1926

Fink Kills His Friend [or] A Trapper's Fracas Outside the Walls of Fort Union
pen & ink on paper
12.5 × 20.25 inches
signed lower left
Sold at Auction: $41,650
Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Paper appears to be in good condition. Small stain in lower-right corner. One spot of foxing each in lower-left and upper-left corners. Slight diagonal crease on left side.

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