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Charles Marion Russell(1864-1926)Navajo 5in high
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Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926)
inscribed 'CM Russell' with skull insignia and 'NELLI ART BRONZE WORKS / L.A.' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
5in high
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Provenance
James Graham & Sons, New York, New York.
The Patrick A. Doheny Trust, Beverly Hills, California.
According to Rick Stewart's book, Charles M. Russell: Sculptor, Nelli Art Bronze Works in Los Angeles, California, produced an edition of six casts of Navajo at the end of the artist's life. Alternatively titled Indian Head, the first documented casts of this bronze were recorded as property from the Nancy C. Russell Estate. Nelli Art Bronze Works went on to produce another two casts during the early 1940s and after 1954, and until 1958, Roman Bronze Works produced at least another five casts from the same plaster model. [R. Stewart, Charles M. Russell: Sculptor, Fort Worth, Texas, 1944, p. 134, note 225.]
























