A watercolor painting of a cowboy about to be thrown from his rearing horse as a longhorn cow charges.

A Moment of Great Peril in a Cowboy's Career

Charles M. Russell (1864-1926)

Date

ca. 1904
Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite underdrawing on paper
Dimensions

24 x 16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. signed: C M Russell \ [skull]
Collection Name

Amon G. Carter Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Amon G. Carter Collection
Accession Number

1961.192
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Amon G. Carter Collection

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