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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 × 9 3/4 inches (19.8 × 24.8 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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