2019-03-01 Western Art Collector

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the C.M. Russell Museum

The Russell Auction Preview

February 22-March 21, Wednesday

through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

C.M. Russell Museum, 400 13th Street

North, Great Falls, MT 59401

$9 / free for museum members

Russell Skull Society of Artists Suites

March 21-23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mansfield Convention Center, 2 Park Drive

South, Great Falls, MT 59401

Free public event

Art Preview Party

March 21, 5-7 p.m.

C.M. Russell Museum

$40 members / $50 non-members

Art in Action

March 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Meadow Lark Country Club, 300 Country

Club Boulevard, Great Falls, MT 59404

$50 members / $60 non-members

First Strike Auction

March 22, 6 p.m.

Mansfield Convention Center

$55 members / $65 non-members

Educational Symposium

March 23, 9 a.m.-noon

Mansfield Convention Center,

Missouri Room

Free public event

The Russell Runway Show:

Wearable Art of the American West

March 23, 12:30-2 p.m.

Meadow Lark Country Club

$40 members / $50 non-members

The Russell Live Auction

March 23, 5 p.m.

Mansfield Convention Center

$175 members / $200 non-members

(406) 727-1939

http://www.cmrussell.org/the-russell-event

year with an estimate of $600,000 to $800,000.
Another fascinating element of the work is that
a significant amount of photography exists of
a shirtless Russell, clad in Native American
clothing, posing in his studio holding this pose.
Other works include The Scout, an 1895
watercolor on paper, estimated at $225,000 to
$325,000; On the Warpath, another watercolor,
estimated at $50,000 to $75,000; and Stone-in-
Moccasin Woman, an oil portrait of a woman
and child, estimated at $70,000 to $100,000.
“All over the country collectors have seen
our successes with Russell works, and seen our
prices that we get, so we’re very fortunate we
can get so many great buyers and sellers who
trust us on Russell works,” Braaten says. “It’s
always fun for us as well, because every year
we see an amazing variety of Russell works. Just
this year alone I helped get two pieces included
in the Russell catalogue raisonné. People start
looking in their closets and realize they’ve had

something that has been handed down for

generations. We just never know what we’re

going to see next.”

In addition to the Russell works, the auction

will also offer a number of other important

works from both historic and contemporary

artists. Those highlights include pieces by Oleg

Stavorwsky, Jenness Cortez, R. Tom Gilleon,

Edgar Paxson, Jim Carson, Luke Frazier,

C. Michael Dudash, Olaf C. Seltzer, Andy

Thomas, Will James, John Fery, Jeremy Winborg,

Frank Schoonover and many others.

“With the contemporary artists, we get so

many standouts because we have an open call

for artwork, which is we find so many great

surprises each year. We must look at 1,000

pieces of artwork, but only select 200 pieces,”

Braaten adds. “The caliber of our artists reflects

the competitive process to get in. It ensure our

collectors and our audience are getting the best

of the best.”

Tim Shinabarger, Wapiti, bronze, 19 x 19 x 9" Estimate: $5/6,000