To the Victor Belong the Spoils

Artist/Maker Charles M. Russell United States, 1864 - 1926

Date1901

MediumOil on Canvas

Dimensionsimage: 31 1/2 × 44 1/2 in. (80 × 113 cm) frame: 39 1/4 × 52 1/4 in. (99.7 × 132.7 cm)

Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Object numberM1987.126

ClassificationsPainting

SignedSigned

Inscribedsignature CM Russell 1901 (with drawing of steer between name and date) Lower proper left corner

DescriptionGrizzly bear eating a deer. Blood spills from the neck of the deer as numerous wolves look on from various places in the distance. Fallen trees, bushes, branches and grass all cover the ground and the setting sun can be seen in the distance. The sky appears purple and pink as the sun lowers in the sky behind the distant mountains.

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