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List, June 1941

 Item — Folder: Unknown
Identifier: TU2009.39.2467

Description

List of paintings in the Charles M. Russell memorial collection. Typed with a handwritten note in the top left corner.

Transcript

[handwritten] list for Bill Horn for [illegible] collection PAINTINGS TO BE IN THE CHARLES MARION RUSSELL MEMORIAL COLLECTION OIL PAINTINGS: NAME: SIZE: DATE: “Signal Smoke” 29 ½” x36” 1915 “Signal Glass” 72” x 42” 1916 “Where Mules Wear Diamonds” 29 ½” x 31 ½” 1921 “In the Enemy’s Country” 24” x 36” 1921 “Slick Ear” 29 ½” x 32 ½” 1914 “When Horses Turn Back there is Danger Ahead 54” x 30” 1922 “Tight Dally and Loose Latigo 54” x 30” 1922 “Vaqueros of Old California” 24” x 36” 1924 “War Party” or “Trouble Hunters” 29 ½” x 32 ½” 1914 *”Wolf Men” 24” x 36” 1925 *”Stranglers” 52 x 30” 1920 *”The Call of the Law” 24 x36” 1911 *A sale is pending on each of these three pictures and if they are not sold to these prospects who have the first refusal, they will go with the collection. BY WILL: (Oils) “Smoke Talk” 46” x 30” 1924 “Peigans” 24” x 36” 1914 “Romance Makers” 24” x 36” 1918 “Medicine Man” 18” x 22” 1916 “Where Wagon Trails are Dim” 16” x 22” 1919 “Fighting Meat” 16” x 24” 1919 “Black Tail” (deer) 21” x 15” 1916 “Free Trapper” 20 x 15” 1919 WATER COLORS: “Rattlesnakes Rattle but Cows Ring their Tails” 30” x 20” 1925 “Creased” 23” x 27” 1913 “Old Mexico” 18” x 28” 1925 “Meat Makes Fighters” 23” x 17 ½” 1918 “Conserving on Wheat” 18” x 18” 1918

[Transcribed by Lauren B. Gerfen, 2011-11-10]

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Dates

  • June 1941

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in English

Access Restrictions

Available by appointment only at the Helmerich Center for American Research (HCAR) with the exception of materials with donor restrictions. Contact Library staff in advance to inquire if materials exist pertaining to your research interests.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 extent_missing

Credit Line

Gilcrease Museum/The University of Tulsa

Provenance

Britzman Collection

Medium

ink on paper

Dimensions

Overall: 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)

Notes

The Homer and Helen Britzman collection consists of over 10,000 objects belonging to Charles M. Russell including letters, drawings, personal belongings, photos, and other memorabilia. Homer Britzman worked extensively with Charles Russell’s wife, Nancy, to write Russell’s biography. Chain of custody: Nancy Russell, Homer and Helen Britzman, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Amon Carter (inventoried collection in 1997), Gilcrease Management Trust (will become property of TU Special Collections if management agreement between TU and the City of Tulsa is severed).

Previous Number

C.5.206 (Colorado Springs number)

Repository Details

Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository

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