Lot 123
  • 123

Charles Marion Russell 1864-1926

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Charles Marion Russell
  • The Bath
  • signed CM Russell with the artist's skull device and dated 1899, l.l.
  • watercolor on paper, unframed 
  • 14 1/2 by 18 3/4 in.
  • (36.8 by 47.6 cm)

Provenance

Nancy Russell, Pasadena, California (the artist's wife)
Dr. and Mrs. James Fitz Taylor, Sioux City, Iowa, circa 1900 (acquired from the above)
By descent in the family to present owner (their great-granddaughter)

Condition

Very good condition; unframed: hinged to the mat in three places along the upper edge, remnants to two old hinges at upper edge, some staining to paper underneath mat.
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