Here’s Hoping Your Trail is a Long One
Artist
Charles Marion Russell
(American, 1864 - 1926)
Date1924
Mediumphotomechanical print, hand-colored
Dimensions8 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches (21.3 x 28.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.106.16
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts
DescriptionTwo men on horses with pack horse, one man holding a bottle.Label TextIn this printed card, Russell returned to his familiar themes for holiday greetings. He depicted two cowboys, one offering a bottle with good cheer. The poem uses western metaphors like the “trail” for life and “the pass on the Big Divide” for death. Russell reflected on life’s meaning during the holidays.
What are your reflections as you face a new year?
ProvenanceC. Bland Jamison, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased July 8, 1958 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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