The Trail is Long [To Will Crawford]

Artist Charles Marion Russell (American, 1864 - 1926)

Recipient Will Crawford (American, 1869 - 1944)

Date1909

Mediumpen and ink, and watercolor on paper

Dimensions7 13/16 x 9 3/4 inches (19.8 x 24.8 cm)
Frame: 17 × 20 7/8 × 1 1/4 inches (43.2 × 53 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.106.27

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts

DescriptionThe illustration is of Charles M. Russell on a horse and Will Crawford sitting by a lodge painting.

Label TextRussell wrote this letter to friend and fellow artist Will Crawford, who lived in New York State. Russell portrayed himself as a Plains Indian visiting Crawford, depicted as an eastern Indian.

ProvenancePurchased August 29, 1960 though (Edward Eberstadt and Sons, 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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