Charles M. Russell
Approach of the White Men

Approach of the White Men

Public Domain

Approach of the White Men
ArtistAmerican, 1864–1926
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Approach of the White Men
Date1897
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 24 1/8 × 34 in. (61.3 × 86.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment, the Long Endowment for American Art; the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Endowment for American Art; Jim C. Flores, in honor of his mother, Jane Caldwell Flores, at "One Great Night in November, 2019," the Ann Gordon Trammell Endowment for American Art; the Pamela and David Ott American Art Endowment; Charles C. Butt in memory of Isabel B. Wilson; Andrew M. Fossler III in honor of Ronald and Lillian (Mickie) Huebsch; and Betty Krulik Fine Art, Ltd. in honor of Emily Neff
Object number2019.51
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
105 Enron Orientation Gallery
On view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceH. G. Wellman, Cleveland, Ohio (presumably from Russell); Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX (gifted with original donation, 1961); Private Collector; [Consigned with Coeur d’Alene Art Auction by Amon Carter Museum]; Private Collector [The Russell Annual Art Sale, Great Falls, MT]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"How the West Was Made: Fact and Fiction in the Work of Remington and Russell," Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, May 14–August 7, 1994.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Lower left corner: CM Russell [skull motif] 1897
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Catalogue raisonnéPrice, B. Byron, ed., Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. Online entry only, CR.ACM.2. Basic information only.

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