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Georg Speck [To George Speck]
Georg Speck [To George Speck]
Georg Speck [To George Speck]

Georg Speck [To George Speck]

Artist (American, 1864 - 1926)
DateMay 18, 1923
Mediumpen and ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Frame: 22 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 1 1/8 inches (57.2 × 40 × 2.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.106.12.A
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts
DescriptionIllustration of lady in bathing suit with bathers on seashore.
Label TextIn the 1920s Charles Russell and his wife Nancy spent winters in California. Geographically in the West, California differed from Montana, and Russell missed the more rustic region. Here Russell updates an old pal, George Speck, about friends from their days in Great Falls saloons, George T. "Cut Bank" Browne and Robert J. "Sporticus" Horton.
ProvenancePurchased, February 24, 1964 through (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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