Charles Marion Russell: career timeline
American · 1864–1926 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 200 of 397 lots (50% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 4 | 3 | $31.6kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1890s | 44 | 40 | $201kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1900s | 50 | 44 | $109kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1910s | 67 | 52 | $63.8kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1920s | 32 | 32 | $59.9kSign up | Watercolor |
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1880s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $31.6kSign up
- Average
- $56.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 13 in (17 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Oil (1), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
c. 1883 Antelopes (ca. 1883-84)$30.3kSign up
c. 1883 Round-Up Camp$31.6kSign up
c. 1885 The Judith Round Up at Sage Creek$108kSign up
1886 PigResult not published
1890s 44 works
- Sold
- 40 of 44
- Median
- $201kSign up
- Average
- $471kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 20.5 in (37 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (26), Oil (12), Drawing (4)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (2), Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
1890 Crow Scout on Pinto Pony$133kSign up
c. 1890 The Shadow Rider ( circa 1890)$50.6kSign up
1890 Deer and Bear in a LandscapeUnsold
1891 Smoking UpResult not published
1891 Northern Plains Indian$202kSign up
c. 1891 Indian RaceUnsold
1891 Indian MotherUnsold
1891 The Trading Post$293kSign up
c. 1892 Shooting the Buffalo (ca. 1892)$847kSign up
c. 1892 The Storm ( circa 1892-1895)$107kSign up
c. 1892 The Hunting Party (circa 1892-4)$205kSign up
1892 Water for Camp$1.5MSign up
Show 12 more (1890s)
c. 1892 Attacked$518kSign up
c. 1894 The Bronco Buster (Bronco Twister)$76.7kSign up
1894 Piegan Hunting Party$93.6kSign up
c. 1894 Cowboy on a Bucking Horse$92kSign up
c. 1895 Indian with His Winchester (ca. 1895)$60.5kSign up
c. 1895 Night (ca. 1895)$84.7kSign up
c. 1895 Reverie$41kSign up
1895 In the Wake of a Cree Hunting Party$468kSign up
c. 1896 Blackfeet War Party ( circa 1896)$190kSign up
c. 1896 After His First Hunt$293kSign up
1896 Buffalo Hunt No. 12$911kSign up
1896 The Bolter, #1$672kSign up
…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.
1900s 50 works
- Sold
- 44 of 50
- Median
- $109kSign up
- Average
- $351kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 12 in (26 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (28), Sculpture (13), Gouache (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Cattle & animals (3), Birds (1)
1900 Blackfoot War Chief$27.2kSign up
1900 Wild Horses$417kSign up
1900 Buffalo Hunt #27$1MSign up
1901 Watcher of the Plains$96.8kSign up
1901 Sleeping Thunder$60.3kSign up
1901 Watcher of the PlainsUnsold
1901 Sleeping ThunderUnsold
1901 Watcher of the PlainsUnsold
1901 Watcher of the Plains$77.3kSign up
1901 Indian Portrait$53.5kSign up · sold 2×
1901 Sleeping ThunderUnsold
1901 Indian Signaling$263kSign up
Show 12 more (1900s)
1902 Planning the Attack (The Wagon Train)$155kSign up
1902 Man Hunting Antelope$101kSign up
1902 Indian Portrait$87.8kSign up
1903 Meat for Wild Men [or] Buffalo Hunt #35$363kSign up
1903 The King’s Scout$206kSign up
1903 Blackfeet Chief$27.2kSign up
c. 1903 The Disappointment of a Lifetime ( circa 1903-1904)$53.5kSign up
1903 Letter to Frank Fulkerson$70.2kSign up
1903 On the Attack$70.2kSign up
1904 Roping a Wolf$1.8MSign up
1904 When Sioux and Blackfoot Meet$357kSign up
1904 An Old Time Hunting Party$211kSign up
…and 26 more works from this group in the full results list.
1910s 67 works
- Sold
- 52 of 67
- Median
- $63.8kSign up
- Average
- $301kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 10 in (22 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (24), Sculpture (21), Drawing (11)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (9), Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1)
1910 Highwayman Waiting for His Prey$51.4kSign up
1910 Friend Con Letter$157kSign up
1910 As Cochrane and Pard Leaped Into Their Saddles, Cochrane Shot the Indian$1.1MSign up
1910 Hello Dutch [or] The Bull Was Heap Good$38kSign up
1910 Hellow Dutch [Charles Schatzlein]$63.3kSign up
1911 An Indian Lookout$36.3kSign up
c. 1911 Finding the Gold That Made Virginia City Famous (ca. 1911)$25.4kSign up
1911 The Breaks$145kSign up
1911 Nature's Cattle$50.3kSign up
1911 Medicine WhipUnsold
1911 Creased$714kSign up
1911 Nature's CattleUnsold
Show 12 more (1910s)
1911 Medicine WhipUnsold
1911 Nature's CattleUnsold
1911 Medicine Whip (cast circa 1916)$410kSign up
1911 Bronc Twister$1MSign up
1912 WhitetailResult not published
1912 UntitledResult not published
1912 UntitledResult not published
1913 Wild BoarResult not published
1913 Indian Woman$26.8kSign up
c. 1913 The Rescue$35.1kSign up
1913 Kit Carson's Farewell$41kSign up
1913 The Duel$64.3kSign up
…and 43 more works from this group in the full results list.
1920s 32 works
- Sold
- 32 of 32
- Median
- $59.9kSign up
- Average
- $336kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 9 in (23 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (17), Drawing (8), Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Cattle & animals (2)
1920 Letter to Grovent$78.7kSign up
1920 Russell Self-Portrait Bookends$14.5kSign up
1920 To Noses That Read, A Smell That Spells Man$48.4kSign up
c. 1920 With a Good Hoss under Him, It was Easy for an Injun to get Meat ( circa 1920-21)$179kSign up
1920 Friend Bob – Illustrated Letter$202kSign up
1920 Range Rider$27.5kSign up
1920 Cowboys on the Plains$697kSign up
1920 Courtship$9kSign up
1921 Christmas Card with Rider$39.3kSign up
1921 Building Fort Manuel in 1807$38.1kSign up
1921 An Enemy That Warns$293kSign up
- Coeur d'Alene Art Auctionc. 1922 Wild Bill’s Fight with M’Candlas Gang [or] Wild Bill Hickok’s Greatest Feat (ca. 1922)$78.7kSign up
Show 12 more (1920s)
1922 Bronc Rider$272kSign up
1922 Self Portrait$9.9kSign up
1923 Good Medicine$18.1kSign up
1923 Friend Ad Letter$133kSign up
1924 Mountain Mother$152kSign up
1924 Letter to Frank Kerr$81.9kSign up
1924 Trail of the Iron Horse$1.9MSign up
1924 Navajo Rider$15kSign up
1924 Mountain Man$35.1kSign up
1924 A Dangerous Sport$1.5MSign up
1924 Meat for Wild Men$4MSign up
1924 Gaucho$44.8kSign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
197 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2000s 23 works
- Sold
- 21 of 23
- Median
- $115kSign up
- Average
- $157kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 12 in (23 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (9), Watercolor (6), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2005 Mountain Mother$123kSign up
sold 2006 When the Best of Riders Quit$134kSign up
sold 2006 Piegan Girl$7.3kSign up
sold 2006 Ol' Time Cabin$14.6kSign up
sold 2006 Glacier Park Deer$202kSign up
sold 2007 Longhorn SteerUnsold
Show 6 more (2000s)
sold 2007 Weapons of the Weak$224kSign up
sold 2007 Shooting a Spy$291kSign up
sold 2007 Nature's Cattle$336kSign up
sold 2007 Letter to Frank Kerr$72.8kSign up
sold 2007 In Swan Lake Country$532kSign up
sold 2007 The Crow Scout$190kSign up
…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 90 works
- Sold
- 80 of 90
- Median
- $49.7kSign up
- Average
- $136kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 9.5 in (23 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (43), Watercolor (23), Drawing (14)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (11), Cattle & animals (4), Landscapes (1)
sold 2010 To Noses that Read, A Smell that Spells Man$26.3kSign up
sold 2010 To noses that read a smell that spells Man$79.3kSign up
sold 2011 The Medicine Man$52.5kSign up
sold 2011 Smokin' Up$41kSign up
sold 2011 Indian Brave$46.9kSign up
sold 2011 Lone wolf$8.5kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2012 Bear catching a fishUnsold
sold 2012 Deer in landscape$189kSign up
sold 2012 Bear catching a fishUnsold
sold 2012 The Range Father$46.8kSign up
sold 2012 Wolf man$3.8kSign up
sold 2012 Piegan SquawUnsold
…and 78 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 84 works
- Sold
- 54 of 84
- Median
- $27.2kSign up
- Average
- $89.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 10 in (25 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (44), Watercolor (16), Drawing (14)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (14), Cattle & animals (4), Markets & villages (2)
sold 2020 Indian Doll with Red Blanket$11.9kSign up
sold 2020 Indian Doll with Black Blanket$14.3kSign up
sold 2020 Blackfoot War Chief$23.8kSign up
sold 2020 Piegan Squaw$1.8kSign up
sold 2020 Hello Ford, Where the Blazes Did You Drop From?$111kSign up
sold 2020 Indian with His Winchester$52.6kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2020 Medicine Man$32.5kSign up
sold 2020 Where the Best of Riders Quit$322kSign up
sold 2021 The Proposal$145kSign up
sold 2021 Offering to the Sun Gods$3.3kSign up
sold 2021 Mountain Goat$4kSign up
sold 2021 The Brave’s Return for His Answer$80kSign up
…and 72 more works from this group in the full results list.
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Charles Marion Russell auction results →