Buffalo Hunt

Buffalo Hunt

1898
Artist
Charles Marion Russell, American, 1864-1926
Born: Missouri
Work Locations: Western U.S.
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1997.517
Credit Line
Gift of Sharon Magness

Charles Marion Russell, Buffalo Hunt, 1898. Oil paint on canvas, 18 1/8 x 25 3/8 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Sharon Magness, 1997.517. Photo by Jeff Wells, courtesy Denver Art Museum

Dimensions
frame height: 27 in, 68.58 cm; frame width: 33 1/8 in, 84.1375 cm; frame depth: 1 3/4 in, 4.445 cm; canvas height: 18 1/8 in, 46.0375 cm; canvas width: 25 3/8 in, 64.4525 cm
Inscription
"C M Russell [bull logo] 1898"; brass plate "Buffalo Hunt, Charles M Russell, 1865-1926"; gallery stickers and painting information on back.
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Sharon Magness, Denver, CO; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1997.
Exhibition History
  • "Harmless Hunter: The Wildlife Work of Charles M. Russell"—National Museum of Wildlife Art, 5/17/14 - 8/17/14
  • The Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 9/19/2014 - 1/4/2015
  • Sam Noble Museum, 1/31/2015 - 4/26/2015, Charles M. Russell Museum, 5/16/2015 - 9/13/2015
  • "America, Land of Horsemen"—Fomento Cultural Banamex A.C., 4/10/2018 - 9/2/2018
  • Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 11/7/2018 - 3/10/2019
  • “The Russells in Denver, 1921” — Denver Art Museum, 10/1/2023 – 6/30/2024

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