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187 HERMAN WENDELBURG HANSEN (1854–1924) Bronco Busting in the Corral watercolor 14 1⁄2 x 9 inches188CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864–1926)  e Blu ersbronze, Nelli Art Bronze Works casting7 1⁄2 inches high$20,000–30,000$18,000–22,000In his book Charles M. Russell Sculptor, Rick Stewart writes, “By November 1941 [Homer] Britzman had at least two additional casts [of  e Blu ers]—one for himself and another for Earl Adams, the third co-partner—made at the Nelli Art Bronze Works, successor to the California Art Bronze Foundry. A year later, another copy was delivered to Charles Jones, and yet another to Britzman, according to a Nelli foundry invoice dated March 31, 1943.”LITERATURERick Stewart, Charles M. Russell: Sculptor (Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1994), 278–279


































































































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