Friend Schatzlein [To Charles Schatzlein]

Artist Charles Marion Russell (American, 1864 - 1926)

DateOctober 22, 1909

Mediumpen and ink, and watercolor on paper

Dimensions4 1/2 x 14 inches (11.4 x 35.6 cm)
Frame (A & B framed together): 20 1/8 × 22 7/8 × 1 1/8 inches (51.1 × 58.1 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.106.5.B

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts

DescriptionSheet two with illustration.

Label TextRussell and many of his associates longed for the West that had passed. In this letter Russell illustrated an event when his friend Charles Schatzlein dressed up in the clothing from another time and people. Russell, who likewise would don American Indian clothing on occasion, demonstrated his admiration of American Indian people, yet the language of this letter also shows his stereotyped views.

Provenance(Dick Flood Trailside Galleries Idaho Falls, Idaho); purchased May 4, 1962 through (Edward Eberstadt & 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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