FELIX RUSSMANN
BY THOMAS YANUL         PAGE 5

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ABOVE, THREE SMALL RUSSMANN PASTELS TOP APPEARS TO BE NEW YORK CITY  VIEWS  ASSUMED EARLY WORKS, MID TO LATE TEENS OR EARLIER THESE ARE MATTED, GENERALLY ABOUT 6X5'.

BELOW
PASTEL PORTRAIT - POSSIBLE CRIPPLE "GERALD"
DONE WHEN HE LIVED IN BROWN COUNTY INDIANA
CA. 1916-18

BELOW - 8X10" PASTEL  
1933-34 CENTURY OF PROGRESS
WORLD'S FAIR IN CHICAGO - FEDERAL BLDG.
RUSSMANN LIVED PRACTICALLY
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE
35TH STREET FAIR ENTRANCE

LUNETTES ON SILK - MEDIUM UNCERTAIN,  16 X 8" (SUBJECT)
THESE EXQUISITE PIECES WERE THE TYPE DONE FOR TIFFANY JEWELERS IN NYC.  MANY ARTISTS, INCLUDING RUSSMANN,   SUPPLIED SUCH ITEMS AND TIFFANY WORKERS MADE THEM  INTO FANS TO SELL IN THEIR JEWELERY STORES.

THIS INFORMATION WAS VERIFIED IN CONVERSATIONS RUSSMANN HAD IN PERSONAL VISIT OF THEN GRADUATE STUDENT WALTER RIDEOUT OF THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN. RIDEOUT WAS WORKING ON WRITER SHERWOOD ANDERSON.
THE VISIT OCCURED IN 1959 AND WALTER KINDLY SENT ME NOTES OF HIS CONVERSATIONS.
RIDEOUT'S BOOK ON ANDERSON BY THE WAY IS JUST NOW BEING PUBLISHED - JAN 2006.
 RIDEOUT IS THE RETIRED PROF. EMERITUS OF THE ENGLISH DEPT.

RUSSMANN, PASTEL - 8X 3 1/4"
  "JAPANESE FANTASY - ARRANGEMENT IN RED & GREEN"
NO RUSS CAT# - ASSIGNED PASTEL4B

EDNA RUSSMANN - FELIX'S 2ND WIFE
DRY SILVERPOINT DRAWING