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C. M. Russell Museum Auction - Russell Paints a Masterpiece by Andy Thomas

During the first half of the Auction, Andy Thomas’ oil on canvas “Russell Paints a Masterpiece” sold for $200,000 Saturday night at the Russell: the Auction to Benefit the C.M. Russell Museum.

The painting was estimated to top out at $85,000.

The bidders loved it – a painting depicting C.M. Russell, young artist Joe DeYong looking on, eyeing a nearly finished painting of bison galloping over the plains. He was the middle-aged C.M. Russell, the superstar of the American art world.

The real life DeYong traveled to Great Falls from the east in 1914 specifically to meet and study under Russell. Thomas’ painting is at once an homage to Russell and an exercise in drama and balance.

The buyer of the Thomas painting said he wasn’t surprised to see it go for so much.

“We just bought it because we like it,” said the buyer.

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Martin Grelle's Original of Prayer's of the Pipe Carrier Sold to Highest Bidder in Scottsdale

Among Native American peoples to this day, the pipe carrier plays an important role and bears a heavy burden. Pipes are never bought; they are made. A balance between male, the pipe stem, and female, the bowl of the pipe is essential. One does not choose to carry the pipe. Rather, the pipe chooses its carrier. Those who wish to have a pipe ceremony, to have their prayers heard, cannot be denied by the pipe carrier, though they must present a small gift to the carrier. Cured tobacco, or a mixture of tobacco and other herbs such as Deers tongue leaf, Bear Berry and Red Willow- called kinnikinnick in many languages - is smoked as thanks to the Creator, Grandmother Earth, the Power of the Four Winds are offered prior to the specific entreaty. At the moment poignantly depicted in Prayers of the Pipe Carrier, the Pipe Carrier offers the first smoke to the Creator. Another Indian squats, burning an offering of herbs and twigs while the others stand quietly, watching, waiting and listening for an answer.

Martin Grelle
Prayers of the Pipe Carrier
Oil on Canvas
58 x 66 inches
Signed lower right/CA and dated 2011
Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000
Sold for $488,750 plus buyers premium

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