Lot 23

Bill Ohrmann CM Russell Sculpted Lamp Stand c 1995

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

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Featured in this lot is this sculpted lamp stand by Montana artist Bill Ohrmann of a CM Russell painting sculpture. The lamp stand features a wonderfully and professionally crafted hardwood and ceramic construction that features a scene of CM Russell painting a scene a herd of elk that is hand painted and marked ont he back "List Series - C.M. Russell - number: 364 - Hand Painted. The piece is signed ont he back copyright UKE '95 - and Ohrmann. There is a lamp featured on the lamp stand that is secured to the stand and shows a shade constructed from birch bark and limbs secured together to create the shade. Ohrmann was a Montana rancher all of his life. He was born on a ranch outside of Philipsburg, MT in 1919, and lived in the Philipsburg and Ovando area before his family moved to their present ranch south of Drummond, MT in 1934. Living on and working the ranches gave him an appreciation for nature and a love of animals. Bill passed away in 2014 at his home in Drummond MT. Bill dabbled in many artists mediums from bronze, to paint to large steel sculptures. Some of his larger welded pieces can be found in Couer d’Alene, ID, Georgetown Lake and his home city of Philipsburg, MT. Mr. Ohrmann’s paintings were chosen by The Montana Arts Council, where they selected 40 of his paintings for a two year, ten gallery show across the state of Montana, from the Hockaday Center in Kalispell to the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings. The show was titled “How We Live”. The condition of this sculpture lamp stand is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall working condition. The lamp has been plugged in and shows that it is working. The measurements of this lamp stand are 54 1/2" x 16" x 17 1/2".