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Lunch Hour, late 19th century - early 20th century
Offering to the Sun Gods, 1902
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze Indian woman. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'The piegan Indian mother, following the tradition of the tribe, steps from her teepee at the first streak of dawn and facing East offers her male child to the 'Sun Gods.' This was a piegan Legend, and was considered 'Good Medicin.' Russell modelled this figure in 1902.'
Monarch of the Forest, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze elk. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'The stately elk is a native of Montana, and Charles M. Russell, in this study, has captured the august majesty of this great bull elk--truely the 'Monarch of the Forest.'
Alert, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze deer. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'The timid deer peers anxiously from the protetion of the foliage before venturing into the open. Russell often went on hunting trips with friends, but rarely raised a rifle to kill, and then only for meat. He preferred to let others do the shooting--his hunting was with a sketch-pad and pencil.'
Challenge
Longhorn, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze plaque. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'This Texas Longhorn, complete in minute detail including its great spread of horns and ear-mark, is an excellent example of Russell's modelling.'
Horse Head, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze ashtray. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'A favorite pastime of Chrley Russell's was modelling horse heads for his friends--frequently of theirown mounts. This is a particularily fine study of the noble beast.'
Sioux, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze plaque. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'An interesting study of a Sioux warrior. Russell knew several of the Sioux chiefs intimately--among them Gual and Sitting Bull who were his contemporaries.'
A Disputed Trail, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze ashtray. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'Charley Russell's bear subjects are probably ths most loveable of all his creations. In this model the great grizzley bear is just a little frightened by the lowly porcupine which he has met on the narrow trail made by a fallen tree.'
Ready for the Kill, late 19th century - early 20th century
Page from an album with photograph pasted onto the paper. Image is of Charlie Russell bronze ashtray. Pasted on the back is a text panel that reads: 'The panther, guant and hungry, is posed for the kill. Russell's model of this powerful cat is one of the finest bits of sculpture this great artist left for posterity.'