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VERSO
Label, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Label, John R. Howard Fine Art, Missoula, Montana
Label, Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York
Label, Tierney Fine Art, Bozeman, Montana

War is included in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as number CR.PC.507.

Russell historian Frederic Renner wrote, “The great mobility of the Plains Indians was one of the reasons why the United States Army needed twenty-five years and over a thousand separate battles to subdue them. General Crook once noted in an official report that a band of Sioux Indians with their families could travel fifty miles a day, living off the country and keeping scouts advanced from twenty to fifty miles in all directions. With the Indian leaders fully informed of the movements and strength of the army forces, they were able to avoid a conflict or to pick the time and place of battle.”

PROVENANCE
Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York
Estate of Dr. Otey Johnson, Oklahoma
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005
Private collection, Montana

This lot will ship from Hayden, Idaho.

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Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Painting appears to be in good condition with no foxing. Colors are bright.

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