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The Sun Worshippers
Details
CHARLES MARION RUSSELL (1864-1926)
The Sun Worshippers
signed and dated 'CM Russell/1910' with artist's skull device (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 36 ¼ in. (76.8 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1910.
The Sun Worshippers
signed and dated 'CM Russell/1910' with artist's skull device (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 ¼ x 36 ¼ in. (76.8 x 92.1 cm.)
Painted in 1910.
Provenance
The artist.
Folsom Galleries, New York, by 1911.
W. Hinkle Smith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, circa 1911.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1971.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Folsom Galleries, New York, by 1911.
W. Hinkle Smith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above, circa 1911.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1971.
J.N. Bartfield Galleries, Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1994.
Literature
Letter from Charles Marion Russell to W. Hinckle Smith, May 18, 1911.
H. Tyrrell, "Up and Down Picture Lane," The Evening World, April 15, 1911, p. 4.
A. Hoeber, "A Painter of the West," The World's Work, vol. XVIII, no. 103, June 1911, pp. 379, 381, illustrated.
The Kennedy Quarterly, vol. XI, no. 6, June 1971, p. 6.
B. Keisch, Secrets of the Past: Nuclear Energy Applications in Art and Archaeology, Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 17, illustrated.
B.W. Dippie, ed., Charles M. Russell, World Painter: Letters 1887-1926, Forth Worth, Texas, 1993, p. 154.
B.B. Price, ed., Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné, Norman, Oklahoma, 2007, pp. 38, 40.
L.L. Peterson, Charles M. Russell: Printed Rarities from Private Collections, Missoula, Montana, 2008, pp. 107, 108.
J.C. Troccoli, ed., The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 2009, p. 187.
L.L. Peterson, Charles M. Russell: Photographing the Legend, Norman, Oklahoma, 2014, pp. 91, 116, 117.
H. Tyrrell, "Up and Down Picture Lane," The Evening World, April 15, 1911, p. 4.
A. Hoeber, "A Painter of the West," The World's Work, vol. XVIII, no. 103, June 1911, pp. 379, 381, illustrated.
The Kennedy Quarterly, vol. XI, no. 6, June 1971, p. 6.
B. Keisch, Secrets of the Past: Nuclear Energy Applications in Art and Archaeology, Washington, D.C., 1972, p. 17, illustrated.
B.W. Dippie, ed., Charles M. Russell, World Painter: Letters 1887-1926, Forth Worth, Texas, 1993, p. 154.
B.B. Price, ed., Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné, Norman, Oklahoma, 2007, pp. 38, 40.
L.L. Peterson, Charles M. Russell: Printed Rarities from Private Collections, Missoula, Montana, 2008, pp. 107, 108.
J.C. Troccoli, ed., The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture, exhibition catalogue, Denver, Colorado, 2009, p. 187.
L.L. Peterson, Charles M. Russell: Photographing the Legend, Norman, Oklahoma, 2014, pp. 91, 116, 117.
Exhibited
New York, Folsom Galleries, The West That Has Passed, April 12-May 1, 1911.
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, A Personal Gathering: Paintings from the Collection of William I. Koch, February 11-May 19, 1996, pp. 132, 134-36, no. 62, illustrated.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August 31-November 13, 2005, pp. 110, 125, illustrated.
Wichita, Kansas, Wichita Art Museum, A Personal Gathering: Paintings from the Collection of William I. Koch, February 11-May 19, 1996, pp. 132, 134-36, no. 62, illustrated.
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch, August 31-November 13, 2005, pp. 110, 125, illustrated.
Further Details
The present work has been assigned number CR.PC.281 by the Charles M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné Committee.
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