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THBCharles M. Russell (1864–1926) — Scouting the Camp
Lot 215
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The 2022 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction to be held July 23 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 333 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Edgar Payne, W. Herbert Dunton, Frederic Remington, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
The 2022 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction to be held July 23 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 333 selections of unparalleled quality in Western paintings and sculpture from historical and contemporary artists such as Charles M. Russell, Edgar Payne, W. Herbert Dunton, Frederic Remington, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
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Charles M. Russell (1864–1926)
Scouting the Camp
watercolor on paper
13.5 × 19.5 inches
signed lower left
VERSO
Label, Charles E. Cobb, Boston, Massachusetts
Scouting the Camp is recorded in the C. M. Russell Catalogue Raisonné as reference number CR.CHF.44.
According to author and Russell authority, Rick Stewart, “By the middle 1890s Russell had already achieved considerable proficiency in the art of transparent watercolor. This fine example appears to date from that period; it is painted on a good-quality watercolor paper of medium texture in colors that still remain fresh. Looking closely, one can see the artist’s graphite underdrawing, and some adjustments from the original composition can be seen alongside the mounted figure to the right. Elements in the distance including the camp to the left and the shadows and folds of the surrounding landscape are freely applied with transparent washes and light touches of the brush in a very skillful manner. Russell becomes much more focused and detailed with his brushwork in the central group of mounted Indians, supposedly a Blackfoot war party on the prowl. The mounted figure to the left, for example, has a very carefully delineated beaded or quilled war shirt, a hair pipe adornment on his chest, and a closely-painted tack-studded quirt hanging from his outstretched arm. During this period Russell was working hard to master the reflections of light, color, and forms in water; this particular watercolor is notable for that, and for the preponderance of water in the whole composition as a way of suggesting recession.”
PROVENANCE
Oklahoma Publishing Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Private collection
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 2015
Private collection, Winter Park, Florida
View more informationAs viewed through glass. Paper appears to be in good condition.Condition
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