Charles Marion Russell, The Signal Fire

Charles Marion Russell

American · 1864–1926 · Painter, Sculptor

Charles Marion Russell was an American artist credited for his prolific work of more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United… (Wikipedia)

$5,600,000≈ £3,191,974≈ €4,630,778Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumPiegansCoeur d'Alene Art Auction403lots offered2005–2026years recorded92%sold (330)$72kSign up free to seemedian price

2 works by Charles Marion Russell with an auction history (offered more than once) →

Record prices

  1. Piegans by Charles Marion Russell, 1918, oil on canvas, sold Jul 2005PiegansCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $5,600,000≈ £3,191,974≈ €4,630,778Sign up to see
  2. The Hold Up by Charles Marion Russell, 1899, oil on canvas, sold Jul 2008The Hold UpCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $5,167,000≈ £2,590,364≈ €3,283,971Sign up to see
  3. Meat for Wild Men by Charles Marion Russell, 1924, bronze — No. 1 Cast, sold Jul 2008Meat for Wild MenCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $4,047,000≈ £2,028,877≈ €2,572,137Sign up to see

Charles Marion Russell’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

All filters
Longest side–Reset

398 results · page 3 of 10

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
  1. Letter to Will James by Charles Marion Russell, ink on paper, sold Nov 2022
    Letter to Will James
    Drawing · Paper
    sight 9 3/4 x 7 in.
    Bonhams · · Lot 18
    $16,575≈ £14,341≈ €16,663Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $6,000–8,000View at Bonhams ↗
  2. Bucking Horse and Rider by Charles Marion Russell, ink on paper, sold Nov 2022
    Bucking Horse and Rider
    Drawing · Paper
    sight 8 1/4 x 5 in.
    Bonhams · · Lot 19
    $20,400≈ £17,650≈ €20,509Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–12,000View at Bonhams ↗
  3. Here’s Hoping Your Trail is a Long One by Charles Marion Russell, hand-colored lithograph on paper, sold Jul 2022
    Here’s Hoping Your Trail is a Long One
    Lithograph · Paper
    8.5 x 11 inches
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 14
    $27,225≈ £22,748≈ €26,717Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  4. Rooten, Tooten Cowboy from the Double S [or] The Ranahan by Charles Marion Russell, 1899, pen and ink on paper, sold Jul 2022
    Rooten, Tooten Cowboy from the Double S [or] The Ranahan, 1899
    Drawing · Paper
    11.25 x 17.25 inches
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 142A
    $229,900≈ £192,096≈ €225,613Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  5. Shooting the Buffalo (ca. 1892) by Charles Marion Russell, oil on canvas, sold Jul 2022
    Shooting the Buffalo (ca. 1892)
    Oil · Canvas
    27 x 33 inches
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 165
    $847,000≈ £707,721≈ €831,207Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  6. The Medicine Man by Charles Marion Russell, bronze, sold Jul 2022
    The Medicine Man
    Sculpture
    7 inches high
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 167
    $16,940≈ £14,154≈ €16,624Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  7. To Noses That Read, A Smell That Spells Man by Charles Marion Russell, bronze, sold Jul 2022
    To Noses That Read, A Smell That Spells Man
    Sculpture
    4.75 inches high
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 174
    $121,000≈ £101,103≈ €118,744Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  8. Scouting the Camp by Charles Marion Russell, watercolor on paper, sold Jul 2022
    Scouting the Camp
    Watercolor · Paper
    13.5 x 19.5 inches
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 215
    $217,800≈ £181,985≈ €213,739Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  9. The Robe Flesher by Charles Marion Russell, bronze, sold Jul 2022
    The Robe Flesher
    Sculpture
    4.75 inches high
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 273
    $84,700≈ £70,772≈ €83,121Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
  10. Indian Head by Charles Marion Russell, 1899, watercolor on paper, sold Jul 2022
    Indian Head, 1899
    Watercolor · Paper
    11 x 8 inches
    Coeur d'Alene Art Auction · · Lot 277
    $72,600≈ £60,662≈ €71,246Price realizedSign up free to seeView at Coeur d'Alene Art Auction ↗
Also offered, result not published (44)

Lots by Charles Marion Russell that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.

Charles Marion Russell paintings (31)Charles Marion Russell oil paintings (27)Charles Marion Russell mixed media (4)Charles Marion Russell works on paper (205)Charles Marion Russell watercolors (141)Charles Marion Russell gouaches (8)Charles Marion Russell drawings (53)Charles Marion Russell prints (4)Charles Marion Russell lithographs (3)Charles Marion Russell photographs (3)Charles Marion Russell sculpture (111)

Charles Marion Russell signature

250 catalogued lots by Charles Marion Russell record a signature line. The most common placement is lower left (72% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.

Placement

  • lower left140
  • lower right42
  • on the base6
  • lower centre4
  • upper right1
  • upper left1

Form

  • signed132
  • signed and dated88
  • initialled28
  • monogrammed2
  • Signed and dated 1906 lower left CMR Raisonne Catalog No: CR.UNL.602 $40,000-60,000 — Scalp Hunters, March in Montana, Mar 21, 2026
  • Signed and dated 1917 lower left CMR Raisonne Catalog No: CR.UNL.100. $10,000-15,000 — The Bull Elk, March in Montana, Mar 21, 2026
  • Signed with skull and dated 1919 lower left; Verso: "Thomas N Jamieson III on his first birthday March 28 1922" written on front — Navajo Wild Horse Hunters, Scottsdale Art Auction, Apr 12, 2025

Charles Marion Russell signature: all forms and examples →

About Charles Marion Russell

Charles Marion Russell was an American artist credited for his prolific work of more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. He is known as "the cowboy artist" and was also a storyteller and author. Russell became an advocate for Native Americans in the west, supporting the bid by landless Chippewa to have a reservation established for them in Montana. In 1916, Congress passed legislation to create the Rocky Boy Reservation.

From Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In museum collections

  • Charles Marion Russell, The Signal FireThe Signal Fire, 1897
    Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain
  • Charles Marion Russell, VoyageursVoyageurs, 1898
    Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain
  • Charles Marion Russell, Buffalo HuntBuffalo Hunt, 1891
    Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain
  • Charles Marion Russell, The Death Song of Lone WolfThe Death Song of Lone Wolf, 1901
    Minneapolis Institute of Art · Public domain

All 9 open-access museum images →

Auction houses that have sold Charles Marion Russell

Related artists — American, born 1839–1889

More American artists of the same period