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Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926)
Magpie Surveying Indian Tipi Village (ca. 1915)
pen and ink on paper
5.75 × 10.25 inches
14 × 19.5 × 1.5 inches (framed)
signed lower left

VERSO
Label, Tierney Fine Art, Bozeman, Montana

Magpie Surveying Indian Tipi Village is included in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as number CR.DR.261. A copy of a letter of authenticity from Ginger K. Renner will accompany the lot.

PROVENANCE
Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1991
Collection of Paul and Doris Masa, Kalispell, Montana
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 2011
Glacier Gallery, Kalispell, Montana, 2012
Private collection, Santa Fe, New Mexico

LITERATURE
Frank B. Linderman, Indian Why Stories, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1915, pp. 103, 197, illustrated

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Charles M. Russell

1864 – 1926

Magpie Surveying Indian Tipi Village (ca. 1915)
pen and ink on paper
5.75 × 10.25 inches
14 × 19.5 × 1.5 inches (framed)
signed lower left
$20,000 – 30,000
Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Painting appears to be in good condition.

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