Friends
Artist
Charles Marion Russell
(American, 1864 - 1926)
DateNovember 14, 1903
Mediumpen and ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions6 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (16.5 x 27.3 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (41.9 × 57.2 × 3.5 cm)
Frame: 16 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/8 inches (41.9 × 57.2 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.106.8
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts
DescriptionIllustrated letter with self-portrait.Label TextIn 1903 Charles Russell and his wife Nancy traveled to his hometown, St. Louis. She hoped to exhibit some of Russell's paintings at the forthcoming St. Louis World' Fair. Humorously portraying himself in fashionable eastern clothing, Russell sent greetings back to his friends at the Maverick Saloon in Great Falls, Montana.
ProvenancePurchased March 20, 1958 through (Hammer Galleries, New York, New York) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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