CHARLES MARION RUSSELL | “I CLIMBED FAST, AND STUCK MY HEAD OUT THE TOP WITHOUT LOOKING––AND THEN FROZE SOLID ENOUGH" (SOUTHWESTERN ILLUSTRATION)

CHARLES MARION RUSSELL
1864 - 1926
“I CLIMBED FAST, AND STUCK MY HEAD OUT THE TOP WITHOUT LOOKING––AND THEN FROZE SOLID ENOUGH" (SOUTHWESTERN ILLUSTRATION)

signed CM Russell, inscribed with the artist's skull device and dated 1905 (lower left)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
14 by 17 ⅛ inches
(35.6 by 43.5 cm)

This work is number CR.NE.836 in the online catalogue raisonné of the artist's work at www.russellraisonne.com.

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Provenance:
The artist

Harry E. Maule, Garden City, New York (acquired from the above)

Private collection (by descent)

By descent to the present owner