A watercolor drawing of a White cowboy dancing in a saloon as another cowboy shoots at his feet, and several others watch from the bar.

Dance! You Short-Horn Dance!

Charles M. Russell (1864-1926)

Date

1907
Object Type

Drawings
Medium

Ink, transparent watercolor, and graphite on paper
Dimensions

7 5/8 x 12 1/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c.to u.r.: I fine cow-boys a social set, at one of \ their "gatherings" I was invited to dance.
signed and dated l.l.: CMR [skull] 1907
l.r.: Dance! you short-horn dance!
Verso:
u.r., in graphite: $40.00
c., in graphite: 2-7-07 \ 2-8-07 R
l.r., stamped, in ink: 242934 24293
l.r., in graphite: 36
Collection Name

Amon G. Carter Collection
Credit Line

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

1961.310
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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