Portrait of the Plains - Day 3

Portrait of the Plains - Day 3

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Portrait of the Plains - Day 3

Portrait of the Plains - Day 3

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Day 3:

Featured Artists:
John Nieto, Winold Reiss, Lorenzo Ghiglieri, Charles M Russell, Bill Anton, Harold Harrington Betts, Andrew Wyeth, Duke Beardsley, Henry Francois Farny, Maynard Dixon, William Standing, Jay Contway, Edward Curtis, Tim Cherry, George Phippen, William Hawkins, LeRoy Greene, William Steve Seltzer, Bill Ohrmann, Stoney Lamar, Lane Timothy, Elisha Harteis, Robert Moore, Bob Scriver, Francis Donald, William Hawkins, Allan Stover, and many more.

Highlights Include:
Playboy Number 1 Marilyn Monroe CGC Graded 8.0, Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Table, Afra and Tobia Scarpa 3 Piece Sofa Set, 5.86ct Ceylon Sapphire Ring, Santee Sioux Quilled Vest from the Forrest Fenn Collection, Hamilton 14k Gold Watch, Fine Jewelry and Gemstones from the RP Ellis Collection, Golden Designs Infrared Sauna, Georg Jensen Labradorite Brooch, Native American Indian Jewelry Beadwork Art and Artifacts, Amber Jewelry, Haida Northwest Coast Raven Mask, Loetz Argus Vase, Vico Magistretti Caori Coffee Table, Edward Curtis Orotone Photo Collection, Stickley...
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Carved Rosewood Rabbit Head Walking Stick

Lot # 576 (Sale Order: 576 of 1057)      

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Dr Olof Sohlberg Minnesota Walking Stick

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8 Ball Walking Stick Sword Cane

Lot # 578 (Sale Order: 578 of 1057)      

36 1/2" long....more

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Folk Art Walking Stick Washington DC Flood of 1936

Lot # 579 (Sale Order: 579 of 1057)      

This cane was made from a piece of wood found after the flood waters succeeded in Washington DC. It is dated March 20 1936. Wonderful piece of American Folk Art documenti...moreng one of the most significant historical events of the 20th Century. 35 5/8" long. The 1936 Northeastern United States flood was a historic flood that occurred across the Northeastern United States, as well as the Mid-Atlantic region and Ohio, in March 1936. Record-setting flooding after a combination of a particularly precipitation-heavy winter and large amounts of rainfall in March caused severe damage across the region. Record heights were recorded in many rivers, including the Connecticut River, which peaked at 37.6 feet (11.5 m) in Hartford, the Merrimack River, the Pemigewasset River, and the Androscoggin River. The flood led to an estimated 150 to 200 deaths across the Northeast, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in 1936 dollars. Flooding reached the nation's capital on March 20. The Potomac River crested at 18.5 feet (5.6 m) under Key Bridge, which was the only bridge connecting the district to Virginia to remain above the waters. Large portions of the National Mall were flooded, but there was enough warning for the Capitol Park Service to protect the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial by building a barrier of stone and sandbags, with the help of more than 3,000 men and multiple steam shovels. Hains Point was impossible to see due to flooding, which was as high as the tops of trees. Despite the large extent of flooding, there were no fatalities in Washington, D.C.

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Tim Cherry Flamingo Pink Repose Bronze

Lot # 580 (Sale Order: 580 of 1057)      

Title is Pink Repose. 58 1/2" by 13" by 9" on base. Tim Cherry (Born 1965) is active/lives in Missouri, Colorado, Alberta / Canada. Tim Cherry is known for Abstract wildl...moreife and fish sculpture. A wildlife sculptor who depicts anatomy of animals realistically, Tim Cherry was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and grew up in the mining town of Nelson in British Columbia. At age 15, he became a wrangler and cook with an outfitter who led fishing and hunting trips into the wilderness of British Columbia. Over the next fifteen years, he continued that kind of work, specializing in moose and bear hunting, in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. His domain was 10,000 square miles. He also became a taxidermist which led him to sculpting molds for trophy mounts and eventually to a career as full time wildlife sculptor. His primary studio is in Branson, Missouri, but he spends much time in Loveland, Colorado. In in February 2007 exhibition of the National Sculpture Society, Tim Cherry received the society's highest honor, the Gold Medal and for his horse sculpture, Flea Flicker, was given the Maurice B. Hexter Prize.

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Dan Garrett The Mountain Man Bronze

Lot # 581 (Sale Order: 581 of 1057)      

Title is The Mountain Man. 11 1/4" by 8" by 5 1/2". Dan Garrett (Born 1948) is active/lives in Wyoming. Dan Garrett is known for Indian figure sculpture. For as long as h...moree could remember, Dan Garret aspired to a career in art. A singular event put him completely on-course with this objective - when his parents took over a greeting card company during Garret's mid-teens. Traveling with his father around the countryside visiting artists in their studios and looking at their works, Garret got to know legends of the art world such as George Phippen and John Clymer, and especially Bob Lougheed, who contributed significantly to Garret's awareness that one could make a living doing what one loved. Because Garret's parents had such a strong interest in art, he enjoyed the stimulation of being exposed to it all his life. The academic experience of college wasn't all too satisfying for Garret, however, because his was interested in realism and the West, while the department was modern in its approach. But Garret felt he could learn the most by doing, and that's just what he did. With the support of his wife, Edith, who gave encouragement throughout the "lean" years, and with the mentoring of Cheyenne artist Lyle Tayson, Garret gained in proficiency as a painter. Somehow, though, painting just didn't suit Garret's personality. In 1985 he took the plunge and began sculpting. Again, perfect timing was with Garret when he took a sculpting class from Edward Fraughton. It was then that any idea of quitting the art business left him forever. Now, Garret is able to infuse his sculpture with the archaeology and prehistory he loves as he and Edith spend typical summers traveling and conducting the considerable scholarship his historically accurate subjects require. Hard work and determination - as well as luck - have enabled Garret to realize his dreams.

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Wally Shoop Bighorn Sheep Bronze

Lot # 582 (Sale Order: 582 of 1057)      

Title is Battering Ram. 6/450. 6 1/2" by 6 1/2" by 6 1/2". Wally Shoop (Born 1941) is active/lives in Wyoming. Wally Shoop is known for Bronze sculpture of horses and oth...moreer animals. Living near Riverton, Wyoming in an old log homestead house for a studio, Gary Shoop has been a sculptor in bronze since the 1970s. His favorite subject is horses, but he also does other animals and sometimes includes people. Shoop began as a painter, but has been sculpting for 30 years when he met and worked for noted sculptor Harry Jackson. He worked with Jackson for nine years and this allowed him to make several working trips to Europe. There he was able to participate in the process of lost wax bronze casting and to study the art of the Old Masters.

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Charles M Russell Montana Bighorn Sheep Bronze

Lot # 583 (Sale Order: 583 of 1057)      

Title is Bighorn Sheep. 9" by 8 3/4" by 6". Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-fr...moreontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financial and critical success. The cowboy artist wa

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Philip R Goodwin Bobcat Bronze

Lot # 584 (Sale Order: 584 of 1057)      

Title is Bobcat. 5 1/2" by 3 1/8" by 2 1/8" Philip Russell Goodwin (1881 - 1935) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut. Philip Goodwin is known for Animal, field-stre...moream illustration. Known for his illustrations of hunting, fishing, and cowboy scenes, especially scenes featuring firearms, Philip R. Goodwin was from Norwich, Connecticut. By the age of eleven, he had already sold his first illustrations to Collier's magazine. He was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Art Students' League in New York. He also studied with Howard Pyle in Pennsylvania. His works exhibit much of Pyle's earnestness and discipline, but are restricted almost entirely to subjects of hunting and fishing. In this limited area, however, he produced many notable pictures, the subject matter always convincing and dramatic in color. In his early twenties, he established a studio in New York and met Charles Russell, whose paintings of western subjects provided a great influence on Goodwin's work in that genre. Goodwin's interest in scenes of cowboys and ranch life is evident in Bronco Buster. The two men traveled together on several occasions, sketching source material for their paintings. Meanwhile, Goodwin appeared in such books as Jack London's Call of the Wild. Goodwin's pictures were also published in Harper's Monthly and Weekly, Outing, Scribner's, and Everybody's magazines, in addition to calendar subjects for Brown & Bigelow, advertising for Winchester Arms and the Marlin Firearms Company. He also illustrated African Game Trails for Theodore Roosevelt. Goodwin's interest in Charles Russell is seen not only in Goodwin's use of bright, vivid colors, but also in the romanticized subject matter, which appears to celebrate the bonding of rider and mount.

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Philip R Goodwin Seated Bear Bronze

Lot # 585 (Sale Order: 585 of 1057)      

Title is Seated Bear. 2 3/8" by 2" by 1 3/4". Philip Russell Goodwin (1881 - 1935) was active/lived in New York, Connecticut. Philip Goodwin is known for Animal, field-st...moreream illustration. Known for his illustrations of hunting, fishing, and cowboy scenes, especially scenes featuring firearms, Philip R. Goodwin was from Norwich, Connecticut. By the age of eleven, he had already sold his first illustrations to Collier's magazine. He was educated at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Art Students' League in New York. He also studied with Howard Pyle in Pennsylvania. His works exhibit much of Pyle's earnestness and discipline, but are restricted almost entirely to subjects of hunting and fishing. In this limited area, however, he produced many notable pictures, the subject matter always convincing and dramatic in color. In his early twenties, he established a studio in New York and met Charles Russell, whose paintings of western subjects provided a great influence on Goodwin's work in that genre. Goodwin's interest in scenes of cowboys and ranch life is evident in Bronco Buster. The two men traveled together on several occasions, sketching source material for their paintings. Meanwhile, Goodwin appeared in such books as Jack London's Call of the Wild. Goodwin's pictures were also published in Harper's Monthly and Weekly, Outing, Scribner's, and Everybody's magazines, in addition to calendar subjects for Brown & Bigelow, advertising for Winchester Arms and the Marlin Firearms Company. He also illustrated African Game Trails for Theodore Roosevelt. Goodwin's interest in Charles Russell is seen not only in Goodwin's use of bright, vivid colors, but also in the romanticized subject matter, which appears to celebrate the bonding of rider and mount.

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Charles M Russell Montana Reclining Buffalo Bronze

Lot # 586 (Sale Order: 586 of 1057)      

Title is Reclining Buffalo. 5 5/8" by 3 1/2" by 3 1/4". Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known f...moreor Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financial and critical success. The cowb

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Charles M Russell Montana Indian Plaque Bronze

Lot # 587 (Sale Order: 587 of 1057)      

Title is Old Man Indian. 4 1/4" by 3 1/2" by 1" Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles Russell is known for India...moren-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financial and critical success. The cowboy artis

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Elisha Harteis Bunny Suite Boy Sculpture

Lot # 588 (Sale Order: 588 of 1057)      

Title is Bunny Suite Boy. 2016. Mid-range ceramics, Black Copper Oxide, Underglaze. 43" by 14" by 9" Supported in part by a grant from the Montana Arts Council, an agency...more of the State Government. http://www.art.mt.gov/ Elisha was born in Butte, Montana, however shortly after, her family moved to Missoula, Montana. She attended Sentinel High School and was encourage to develop her skills in Drawing and Photography. Elisha received her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Montana in May of 2015. In 2016, she continued her education in ceramics by completing a short term residency in Red Lodge MT, at Red Lodge Clay Center, a studio assistantship at the Arrowmount School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee, and a short-term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula. She is currently teaching ceramics in her own business, Mud Bunneh Ceramics, and recently started teaching after-school programs with elementary and middle-school age kids with Missoula Public Schools, the Missoula Art Museum, and the Clay Studio of Missoula. Elisha is currently in a long term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula.

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Elisha Harteis I Put on Pants Today Sculpture

Lot # 589 (Sale Order: 589 of 1057)      

Title is I Put on Pants Today. White earthenware, luster, and underglaze. 8" by 3" by 3". 2019 Elisha was born in Butte, Montana, however shortly after, her family moved ...moreto Missoula, Montana. She attended Sentinel High School and was encourage to develop her skills in Drawing and Photography. Elisha received her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Montana in May of 2015. In 2016, she continued her education in ceramics by completing a short term residency in Red Lodge MT, at Red Lodge Clay Center, a studio assistantship at the Arrowmount School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee, and a short-term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula. She is currently teaching ceramics in her own business, Mud Bunneh Ceramics, and recently started teaching after-school programs with elementary and middle-school age kids with Missoula Public Schools, the Missoula Art Museum, and the Clay Studio of Missoula. Elisha is currently in a long term residency at the Clay Studio of Missoula.

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Earle Erik Heikka Montana Bear Bronze

Lot # 590 (Sale Order: 590 of 1057)      

Title is Bearly Drunk. 4 1/2" by 3 1/2" by 3 1/4". 12/100. 1973. Provenance: Cast by Michael Carlos Heikka son of the Artist. Earle Erik Heikka (1910 - 1941) was active/l...moreived in Montana. Earle Heikka is known for Western genre sculpture, dioramas. In 1963 Joe De Yong Charles M. Russell's only protege wrote a tribute to Earl E. Heikka, "What has received far less attention than deserved is the wholly untrained, yet artistically admirable quality of modeling that was produced in the all-too-short-lifetime of Earl Heikka of Great Falls." Heikka was born in Belt, Montana on May 3, 1910 to Finnish parents. When he was two years old, the family moved to Great Falls. He was only sixteen years-old when Charles Russell died, so it is uncertain how much time, if any, he observed Russell working in his studio in Great Falls. Like Russell, he learned a great deal about big game by hunting and packing. He also learned from spending time in Rumford’s Taxidermy Shop in Great Falls. Unfortunately, his most productive years were during the Great Depression when prices for all goods and services dropped dramatically. Spending on art for even the wealthy was greatly reduced until after WW II. Heikka worked with mainly water-based air drying clay known as Marblex and used solid wire armature anchored to a wooden base. Many of his models were then beautifully and finely painted before they were ready for sale. Best known for his pack train sculptures, often with a number of riders and horses that were designed for mantles in lodges, Heikka sculpted them as his tribute to Glacier National Park and the Rocky Mountains. His finest was Taking Up the Slack, and others included: Trophy Hunters, Bringing Home the Bacon, Sun River Packers, Hunter’s Return, Pack Train, Pack String, and Successful. He was also a master of predicament subjects such as Pursued. Heikka struggled for sales his entire shortened life. Like so many others during the brutal days of the Depression, he committed suicide on May 18, 1941 in Great Falls and left a young family behind. Only a number of years after he died were his models cast in bronze and his sculpting abilities better appreciated. Today, his sculptures are highly prized and collectible.

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Charles M Russell Montana Trigg Silver Sheep

Lot # 591 (Sale Order: 591 of 1057)      

Title is Mountain Sheep. Sterling Silver. 4" by 3" by 2 3/4". Number 31/100. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charl...morees Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financial and criti

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Charles M Russell Montana Trigg Silver Turkey

Lot # 592 (Sale Order: 592 of 1057)      

Title is Tom Merriam Turkey. Sterling Silver. 4 1/8" by 3 3/4" by 3 1/8". Number 12/100. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Mis...moresouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financi

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Charles M Russell Montana Trigg Silver Indian

Lot # 593 (Sale Order: 593 of 1057)      

Title is Indian. Sterling Silver. 4" by 3 1/2" by 3 1/4". Number 31/100. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Missouri. Charles R...moreussell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financial and critical

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Charles M Russell Montana Trigg Silver Bears

Lot # 594 (Sale Order: 594 of 1057)      

Title is Three Grizzly Bears. Sterling Silver. 4 3/8" by 2 3/4" by 2 1/2". Number 31/100. Charles Marion Russell (1864 - 1926) was active/lived in Montana, California, Mi...moressouri. Charles Russell is known for Indian-frontier genre painting, sculpture. Charles M. Russell, the nostalgic, held tight memories of a youthful past when the West belonged to God. There was a sense of loss, as poignant as losing a loved one. The specter of what this loss meant loomed over Russell the rest of his life. He was the quintessential nostalgic who grabbed history and married it to idealized memory and imagination. For example, despite Russell never witnessing a buffalo hunt, it became the basis for his most popular and desired art. Nancy Russell explained, "No man can be a painter without imagination." The Romantic art of the nineteenth century was the cornerstone to build the West reimagined for not only Russell, but also his contemporaries and future artists. No Western American artist fought back harder against racism, sexism, and championed environmentalism more than did Charles M. Russell. He thrived on imagining a time when the land was pristine, women were held in high regard, and people of color were the heroes. Paradoxically, the industrialized world championed just the opposite. To many, his life appeared odd—that cowboy hat, that sash, that unruly hair, that folksy talk. He and his art embraced an identity of an exile from a different place and time, which is even more appealing today. In that way, Russell was a visionary who instilled hope in all who saw his art, and his heart. For those reasons and much more, he is the most beloved of all the Western American artists. The Charles M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana; the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; the Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West (books published by the University of Oklahoma University Press); the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge in Montana; the Russell Riders; and the Russell Skull Society are a testament to that fact. The Cowboy Artists of America have been called "The Sons of Charlie Russell" by art historian B. Byron Price for good reason. Russell was a legendary painter, sculptor, and author. Ever humble and self-effacing, as his fame skyrocketed, he never forgot his cowboy friends. The importance of his life and works is that no one has inspired more new generations of artists. Russell lived in the past and his wife Nancy who was his business manager lived for the future. How could a self-trained artist living in remote Montana become the highest paid artist in America? It’s quite a story. Charles Marion Russell was born on March 19, 1864 in St. Louis, Missouri, a bustling gateway to the West of some 200,000 people. Family history and adventure stories such as the Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper lured Russell to the West. On a crisp March day in 1880 Charles M. Russell jumped off the stagecoach in Helena, Montana Territory and took his turn as the latest easterner seeking western adventure. Accompanying him was Willis L.W. "Pike" Miller, a family acquaintance who acted as Russell’s guardian and gave him his first job in Montana on a sheep ranch Miller owned in the Judith Basin. While Miller was kind enough to chaperone Russell, they soon parted ways because Russell wanted nothing to do with sheepherding. For twelve years Russell and his horse Monte were together on the open range mainly nighthawking—somewhat of a lowly cowboy job of watching the horses overnight while the rest of the cowboys slept—until 1893 when Russell began transitioning from cowboy artist to full-time artist. Only a teenager, Russell was younger than most cowboys who were usually in their early twenties but shared with them the qualities of being gregarious, humble, energetic and adventuresome. Charlie saw the cowboy as the last frontiersman—unlike the colorless overburdened farmer and sheep herder. The period from 1906 to 1910 was one of the most productive and enjoyable times of Charlie’s life, which in no small part was due to the summers at Bull Head Lodge and the mentoring by others such as Philip R. Goodwin who visited him there in 1907 and 1910. Glacier National Park has the type of views that keep postcard publishers in business. The mountains fanned the flames of Charlie Russell’s creative genius. He understood that the mountains don’t need us, we need the mountains. Charlie’s favorite place in the world was the lodge, a log structure nestled among the cedar, fir, and tamarack along the shoreline of beautiful Lake McDonald. The years from 1911 to 1915 were a time of artistic achievement by Russell and promotion by Nancy who was as skilled as any field general with her well planned exhibitions in America, Canada, and England. It would be a grueling pace for the duo, but one that would yield a bountiful harvest of financ

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Jay Contway Champion Calgary Stampede Bronze

Lot # 595 (Sale Order: 595 of 1057)      

Title is Champion Calgary Stampede. Comes with original receipt signed by Ross Contway. 15 5/8" by 11" by 10 3/8". Jay Contway (1935 - 2019) was active/lived in Montana. ...moreJay Contway is known for Sculptor-animal, Indian figure. Jay Contway is a native Montana artist who raises working Quarter Horses. He spent time on the rodeo circuit and his knowledge and respect for the working cowboy show clearly in his art. Appreciation for the history, his own native ancestry and the people and animals of the west he loves is illustrated in his work. The horses and the equipment used by Cowboys and Native Americans has changed greatly over the years. Jay considers attention to historical detail very important. He knows first hand the trappings, saddles, bridles, animals and action that you see in his work. Jay was born in Malta, in eastern Montana and was raised on a ranch in the area. His ancestry includes Native American, French and Irish. He attended Northern Montana College in Havre, and the College of Great Falls. Jay's home, just outside Great Falls, Montana, is another extension of his appreciation for art. The self designed Spanish-style adobe is modeled after ancient pueblos and filled with paintings and sculpture from other well-known artists. Jay's commitment to the quality of his art includes his own foundry, adjacent to his studio, where all Jay Contway sculptures are cast. This enables him to oversee the many details of each bronze he creates. All sculptures are limited in number and cast only in bronze or silver. Jay does not sell the original models.

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Bill Ohrmann Montana Wolf & Rabbit Carving

Lot # 596 (Sale Order: 596 of 1057)      

Title is The Hunt. 19 7/8" by 9 1/2" by 5 1/2". Bill Ohrmann (Born 1919) is active/lives in Montana. Bill Ohrmann is known for Painting and woodcarving. Born on a ranch j...moreust outside of the Western Montana town of Philipsburg, on January 2, 1919, Bill was the third of four children, and the only son, of August and Flora Ohrmann, who had moved to Montana from Owatona, Minnesota in 1912 or 13. The Ohrmanns raised registered Angus cattle in Philipsburg, but shortly after Bill's birth, the family was forced to sell out, and they moved to the Billings, Montana area, where August was a land classifier for the Federal Land Bank. By 1922, though, they were back in western Montana, again raising registered Angus. They first returned to Philipsburg, then to the Ovando area where Bill spent most of his early years. In 1934 they moved to a ranch south of Drummond, Montana, at which time Bill started high school in Drummond. In 1938, Bill lost both his parents. His mother died of cancer in May (Bill missed his high school graduation to attend the funeral) and his father died of emphysema in the fall. His two older sisters (Geraldine and Anita) had married by then, and Bill took over the operation of the ranch, assisted by his younger sister Marje. Bill was drafted in 1942, and served part of WW II in New Guinea. He achieved the rank of master tech sergeant, and worked on C-47 planes. While in the service, he began corresponding with Phyllis Sliter, a teacher in Wadena, Minnesota, who had come to Spokane to work for the summer, and had met Bill's younger sister Marje. In June of 1948, they were married. They waited a few years before starting a family, which grew to two daughters and a son (Susan, Jane and John). Bill and Phyll continued the family tradition of raising registered Angus cattle, building a reputation for good cattle throughout Montana, and always keeping an eye toward being good stewards of the land. As the children got old enough, they took part in the operation, driving tractors (at first with supervision) at the age of 5, learning how to handle cattle and horses, and learning how to conduct an agricultural operation in harmony with Mother Nature. Jane married first, in 1977, to Sandy Hultman, and had two children. Susan followed, marrying Randy Peterson in 1980. In 1985, Jane was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, and died in 1990. The rest of the family stepped in to help raise Jane's children (Callie and Ty), especially Susan and Phyllis. John worked with Bill on the ranch until 1996, at which time Susan and Randy leased the ranch from Bill and Phyll. They eventually bought the ranch in 2003. Bill and Phyll still live in the house Bill moved to at the age of 15, Susan and Randy live up the road a couple miles, John and his partner Myrlin Rasmussen live down the road a half mile, and Ty works on a ranch about 15 miles away. At an early age Bill started dabbling in art. The margins of his school work were full of doodles. His mother had an artistic bent, and encouraged all the children. Bill began doing simple wood carvings while in high school. Shortly after his parents died, he enrolled in a correspondence class, which was the only schooling Bill ever received in art. He did some water color and oil painting also. His wood carving techniques slowly matured, and by the late 60's he was exhibiting in some shows. In the early 70's he began pushing his artwork more seriously, entering shows in Great Falls, Spokane, Billings, etc. His work started getting noticed, and he began selling pieces. In 1973, Bill and Phyll added on to the house, and added a studio room. Although a very good representational painter, he always said there are a lot of good painters, and very few good wood carvers. Cottonwood was his preferred medium. He did common wildlife sculptures (bears, elk, buffalo, etc.), but his best pieces are what he calls allegorical. Depictions of the four winds or the four seasons, the twelve moons, or whimsical fantasies, are not what most people expect from a Montana rancher/artist. By the age of 77, the physical work of handling two hundred pound blocks of green cottonwood got to be a bit much, and Bill started doing more painting. This is also about the time Bill retired from ranching, and he had more time on his hands. Again, his paintings turned out to be different from what one would expect of a rancher. In his paintings, Bill decries all the environmental ills that humans have put upon the planet and wildlife. He started painting in earnest, and was soon putting out a couple dozen paintings a year. A group of forty of them toured the state for two years, appearing in the major art museums of the state. Since 1976, he has produced about 200 or so. In 2002, he and John built a museum on the family property to display the collection. Also at the age of 77, Bill started working with an entirely new medium, welded steel. He started with a standing, life sized grizzly bear, enjoyed the process and esp

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Mid Century Attila's Brutalist Sculpture

Lot # 597 (Sale Order: 597 of 1057)      

19 1/2" by 17" by 5 5/8"...more

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Mid Century Attila's Brutalist Sculpture

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12 3/4" by 9 5/8" by 9"...more

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Mid Century Attila's Brutalist Sculpture

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31" tall, 7 1/2" diameter....more

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Mid Century Attila's Brutalist Sculpture

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31 5/8" tall, 7 1/2" diameter....more

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