Featured in this lot is this original Montana William "Bill" Ohrmann (b. 1919) Grizzly carving. Bill 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 carving features a wonderfully and professionally hand carved sculpture of hard wood that is stained in a red oak stain with carving texturing that brings the bear to life and is sitting on its haunches and shows a carved out base. The carving is marked on the back as follows: Ohrmann - 171. The condition of this hand carved grizzly bear carving is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this carving is 14 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 5 1/2". The collective weight of this carving is 5lb 6oz.