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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 2003, Lot 125]
Private Collection, CA, 2003

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

232

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: $20,230
Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Single spot of foxing each in upper-left, in sky; and lower-left corner, above signature. Slight stain in lower-right corner, at edge of frame. Paper appears to be in good condition.

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