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Charles M. Russell (1864 – 1926)
Finding the Gold That Made Virginia City Famous (ca. 1911)
pen and ink on paper
10.25 × 13.5 inches
17 × 20 × 1 inches (framed)
initialed lower left

VERSO
Label, A. J. Kollar Fine Paintings, Seattle, Washington
Label, Biltmore Galleries, Scottsdale, Arizona
Label, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Finding the Gold That Made Virginia City Famous is included in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as number CR.DR.158. A copy of a letter of authenticity from Ginger K. Renner will accompany the lot.

EXHIBITED
Charles M. Russell: The Frederic G. Renner Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; C. M. Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana; Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, 1981

LITERATURE
Carrie Adell Strahorn, Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1911, p. 99, illustrated
Charles M. Russell: The Frederic G. Renner Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1981, p. 10, illustrated

172

Charles M. Russell

1864 – 1926

Finding the Gold That Made Virginia City Famous (ca. 1911)
pen and ink on paper
10.25 × 13.5 inches
17 × 20 × 1 inches (framed)
initialed lower left
$25,000 – 35,000
Condition ReportAs viewed through glass. Drawing appears to be in good condition. Two spots of foxing in lower-left corner.

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