Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926)

'Buffalo Lying Down'

細節

Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926)
'Buffalo Lying Down'
signed with initials 'CMR' and inscribed with artist's skull device (on the back of the base)
painted plaster
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Executed circa 1924.

來源

Gift of the artist to private collection, Montana, circa 1924.
By descent to the present owners.

出版

R. Stewart, Charles M. Russell: Sculptor, Fort Worth, Texas, 1994, pp. 295-97, no. R-33, illustration of another example.

拍品專文

"The model for Russell's sculpture titled Buffalo Lying Down was one of his earlier multiple versions in painted plaster. These plaster casts, generally intended for the artist's family and friends, were personalized and less expensive alternatives to his bronzes. The compact composition of the work made it easy to cast in plaster multiplesm using some type of flexible mold, and this was Russell's first attempt to render a plaster multiple in bronze."

Mr. Rick Stewart comments on the current model, "by the time Russell created his sculpture, the animals had been rescued from the brink of extinction and were thriving in national buffalo herds on several preserves. The artist's straightforward portrait belies the strong feelings he held about the 'humped back beef' and its central role in the history of the West." (Charles M. Russell: Sculptor, Fort Worth, Texas, 1994, p. 295)