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Bronze Statuettes of the American West, 1850–1915 | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

... one of the most sought-after of all American statuettes, with more than 300 authorized bronze casts produced. Likewise, Charles M. Russell's paintings and sculptures glorified the innocent Old West past of cowboys, trappers, and Indians, a marked ...

Smoking Up, 1904; this cast, after 1933;

Bronze 12 x 9 3/4 x 5 in. (30.5 x 24.8 x 12.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. George S. Amory, 1964 (64.220.2)

[top of base]: CM RUSSELL [skull]

[foundry mark, left side of base]: ROMAN BRONZE WORKS / N-Y-

Mrs. George S. Amory, New York, until 1964