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Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926)
Indian Girl
watercolor on paper
9 × 4.75 inches
signed lower left

VERSO
Label, Historical Society of Montana
Exhibition label, Fine Arts Gallery
Exhibition label, Trigg-C.M. Russell Foundation
Exhibition label, California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Exhibition label, Department of Municipal Art, Los Angeles
“In the 80’s he (Russell) was a neighbor of my uncle, William Wadsworth, Davenport, Iowa. This watercolor of an Indian squaw was one of three painted for him at that time. J.M. Thorington”

Indian Girl is recorded in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as reference number CR.UNL.250.

PROVENANCE
Nancy Russell, Pasadena, CA
Homer E. Britzman, Los Angeles, CA
Hammer Bros., New York, NY by 1957
The Estate of Carol C. Maguire, Guilford, CT, 1957
Present owners, by descent

EXHIBITED
Department of Municipal Art, Los Angeles, CA, Tower Gallery, Aug 29- Sept 13, 1957
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA, Sept 19-28, 1957
C.M. Russell Exhibition, Historical Society of Montana, State Museum, Oct 1-12 1957
Trigg-C.M. Russell Foundation, Great Falls, MT, Oct 14-26, 1957
Calgary Allied Art Council, Calgary, Nov 1-17, 1957
The New York Historical Society, Dec 17, 1957-Feb 2, 1958

215

Charles M. Russell

1864 – 1926

Indian Girl
watercolor on paper
9 × 4.75 inches
signed lower left
Sold at Auction: $50,575
Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Paper appears in good condition, though slightly yellowed. Slight mat burn throughout around paper, at mat board opening. Colors appear bright.

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