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VERSO
“Suddenly something happens. Lepley can’t tell whether it’s an earthquake or a cyclone, but everything went from under him an’ he’s sailin off but he’s flyin low an’ usin’ his face for a rough-lock. from - (Lepley’s Bear) More Rawhides”

Suddenly Something Happens is recorded in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as reference number CR.DR.48.

The original framed bill of sale and original letter by J. K. Rollinson, who brokered the sale, to Marjorie Searles will accompany the lot.

PROVENANCE
Nancy C. Russell
Marjorie Searles, Rawley, NJ 1939
Present owner, by descent

LITERATURE
Charles M. Russell, “Lepley’s Bear,” More Rawhides (Pasadena, CA: Trail’s End Publishing Company, Inc., 1946), p 16, illustrated
New York Herald Tribune (Nov 27, 1927), book sec

Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Faint crease in upper-right corner and lower-right corners. Faint crease and one pinhole in lower-left corner. Paper appears to be in very good condition.

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