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I Never Knew a Cowman To Ware Anything But Silk
Artist
Russell, Charles Marion
(1864 - 1926)
Date1924
Dimensionssheet: 6 3/8 × 11 in. (16.2 × 27.9 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineGift of Sandra Rockwell Herron
Object number80.137 F
DescriptionIllustrated, four-page, folded letter, written and illustrated by Charles M. Russell to Walter Coburn, about West he remembered and cited changes he did not like; p. 2 with color drawing, at center of page, of caricature of contemporary, paunchy cowhand/puncher in bib overhauls and cap; p.3 with color drawing, at top center of page, of ideal "old West" cowboy, standing at right next to his horseCollections
- Art of the American West
Not on view