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Russell, Charles Marion, 1864 - 1926

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1864 - 1926

Nationality

American

Culture/Group

American

Occupation

Artist

Found in 1158 Collections and/or Records:

The Mountain Sheep, 1924

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.26
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze sheep with horns. The remarks of the photograph include, "These mountain sheep inhabit the Rockies and are very sure footed. They can travel over slippery rock and other bad places where no other animal could go."

Dates: 1924

The Pig, January 1925

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.29
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze pig. Remarks about the photograph include, "Charlie modelled this piece for my little daughter from was in our home in Jamaica, Long Island."

Dates: January 1925

The Prospectors, late 19th century - early 20th century

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8361
Description

Photograph of Charles M. Russell painting, "The Prospectors." Image depicts two men in a camp as they are approached by a man riding a horse. There are a number of other horsemen in the background.

Dates: late 19th century - early 20th century

The Range Father, 1926

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.34
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze stallion chasing a coyote. Remarks include, "Coyotes in numbers will attack and kill young colts. Hence this stallion is protecting his bunch of mares and colts by chasing and often killing the coyote with one stroke of his front hoof on the coyote's back."

Dates: 1926

The Robe Flesher, 1925

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.32
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze of a woman cleaning a buffalo hide. The remarks of the photograph include, "After a kill of buffalo and the meat and hides have been brought into camp the hide, or robe, is staked out on the ground and the woman with a sharp-edged bone scrapes all of the flesh and fat from the hide preparing it for tanning."

Dates: 1925

The Scalp Dancer, 1914

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.15
Description

Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze Indian known as the scalp dancer. Remarks about the photograph include, "This Crow, one of a party just returned from a raid against the enemy, is celebrating their victory with feasting, dancing and counting their coup."

Dates: 1914

The Scout, 1900

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.6398
Description

Painting titled 'The Scout.' Painting is of an Indian on a white horse. On back written in ink is, "p. 216 Rocky Mountain Magazine, Dec. 1900 called The Scout in (?) Magazine for Dec 1904 p. 268." Photographer stamp on back reads, Harry D. Williams Photographer U.C.L.A. Photo Dept.

Dates: 1900

The Scouts, 1900

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.6402a
Description

Painting titled 'The Scouts.' Painting is of three Indians on horses looking across the landscape. On back of photograph, written in ink is, "The Scouts; Rocky Mountain Magazine Dec. 1900 p. 217; Same painting called A War Party in early days in Old Oregon." Photographer stamp on back reads, Harry D. Williams Photographer U.C.L.A. Photo Dept.

Dates: 1900

The Snake Priest, 1914

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.17
Description Leather album page with a photograph of a bronze Indian, Hopi Medicine Man, and a rattle snake. Remarks for the photograph include, "the rattle snake is very sacred among the Hopi Indians as he has the power to bring rain and many are used to carry out their religious snake dance. Snake priests go out into the desert to catch as many as they need and in order to catch them they tickle them with a bunch of eagle feathers called 'a snake whip' until they uncoil and start to wriggle away. The...
Dates: 1914

The Spirit of Winter, 1926

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.8387.35
Description Leather album page of bronze of a man with wolves. The figure is supposed to be Blackfoot Spirit with wolves. Remarks include, "this is an Indian fable of how winter came about. Winter is called by the Blackfoot Indians 'Cold Maker' and this bronze represents him. In the long ago, an Indian died who had been treated badly by his people. He was buried on a scaffold up in the branches of a Cottonwood. One night the wolves came along and pulled his body down from the tree, but found him too...
Dates: 1926

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American 1157
Britzman Collection 1155
Charles M. Russell Research Collection (Britzman) 1155
archives (groupings) 1155
Charles M. Russell 987