VERSO
Label, C. M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana
Label, Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York

According to Russell authority Dr. Brian W. Dippie, “Those familiar with Charlie Russell’s work know he was fascinated by buffalo. Scores of paintings, drawings, models, and sculptures of herds on the move, buffalo hunts, and solitary bulls – as well as the buffalo skull that formed part of his signature – testify to a love affair with ‘nature’s cattle.’ By 1908 the buffalo’s glory days were long over, and Russell paid doleful tribute in a verse written for Frank Bird Linderman, a close student of Montana history and a friend of the Indian who would become Russell’s close friend as well.”

PROVENANCE
John and Frank Miller Collection
Myhre Family Collection, Montana
Present owner, by descent

EXHIBITED
C. M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana, 1999

LITERATURE
Brian W. Dippie, Charles M. Russell, Word Painter: Letters 1887–1926, Amon Carter Museum, 1993, pp. 109-10, illustrated

Additional Resources

• Charles M. Russell’s Past Results
• View Condition Report

Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Paper appears to be in good condition, with some fading on Frank letter.

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