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CHARLES M. RUSSELL (1864–1926)
e King and the Clown, 1921
Listed in Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné as
[The King and The Crown: Illustrated Greeting Card], 1921 watercolor, pen, ink, and pencil on paper
4 x 12 1⁄8 inches
$75,000–90,000
Recorded in Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné: CR.NE.815
PROVENANCE
• e collection of Great Falls Episcopalian minister G.G. “Pete” Bennett
• Private collection, Montana
I drink not to kings in castle strong With ghting men at call
Who boasts behind his armord throng at lay with in his wall,
But fear to leave their drawbrigg gates In numbers or alone
With out their blades and armor plates ey are but a stingless drone.
I drink to thee a giggling clown With garments well be t.
y smile is armor for the frown No weapon but thy wit.
ou goest alone and weaponless Where armed men fear to trod For steel and blade are Devil made But wits a gift of God.
