Billings Public Library Fine Art Collection

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Collection SummaryThe Billings Public Library Fine Art Collection consists of six original Joseph H. Sharp oil paintings, one original Charles M. Russell watercolor, and six hand-tinted prints purchased directly from western photographer, L.A. Huffman. The collection also features Luther “Yellowstone” Kelly’s oiled-silk map, circa 1870, along with five tables commissioned from artists across Montana for the 2014 opening of the new library facility. Each piece is representative of western artistic interpretation, culture, and/or history. Contributing InstitutionBillings Public Library

Artwork

A Bad Man

Afternoon Clouds (Taos Valley)

Custer Battlefield

Lone Warrior

Near Fort Washakie and Lander, Wyoming

Strikes His Enemy or Pretty Stone: A young Crow Chief

Valley in Winter (Haystack)

Image

"Hot Sheep" Powder River Badlands

A Hot Noon beside Round-up Camp, Big Dry

Buffalo Grazing the Big Open North Montana 1880

Old N- Crossing Powder River 1886

Ropeing the Maverick

The Round-up on the Move 1887

Object

African Mahogany Table

Curl Table

Ellipse Table

Frontier Cocktail Table

Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly's map

Rim Rock Table

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Billings Public Library

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