Charles M. Russell: Photographing the Legend

Photographing the Legend argues that both Russell and his wife Nancy often used photography to fashion the artist's identity not only as an authentic interpreter of a vanished West but also as a celebrity and a financial success. [...]Photographing the Legend is an absorbing study of Russell�...

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Published in:Biography 2014, Vol.37 (3), p.842-844
Main Author: White, Mark Andrew
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Artists
Biographies
Careers
Celebrities
Celebrity
Cowboys
Friendship
Lange, Dorothea (1895-1965)
Legends
Photography
Reputations
Russell, Charles M
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Summary:Photographing the Legend argues that both Russell and his wife Nancy often used photography to fashion the artist's identity not only as an authentic interpreter of a vanished West but also as a celebrity and a financial success. [...]Photographing the Legend is an absorbing study of Russell's fame as the Cowboy Artist, and Larry Len Peterson's stimulating biography has contributed in important ways to the seemingly exhaustive literature on Russell.
ISSN:0162-4962
1529-1456
DOI:10.1353/bio.2014.0068