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End of the Trail / James Earle Fraser, 1876 - 1953 (Artist)

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Fraser produced this iconic sculpture simultaneously at the Gorham foundry by the “plaster-mold” technique and at the Roman Bronze Works by lost-wax in the late teens and twenties. Fraser’s records suggest that Gorham cast five in one size in the first year of production. This series code QAZA, which is found on the base, was first assigned March 6, 1918, and all subsequent casts were so marked.

From the exhibition:Frontier to Foundry: the Making of Small Bronze Sculpture in the Gilcrease Collection, December 2014 - March 2015.
Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2014.

Curatorial Remarks

Originally in mark(s) field; "(the first two are illegible). (I believe the first panel is a G with an animal in the middle panel and a C in the last panel –compare to the legible mark like this on the Proctor Indian Warrior 0876.79.)"

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Title(s): 
End of the Trail
Creator(s): 
James Earle Fraser, 1876 - 1953 (Artist)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
modeled 1918; plaster-mold cast between 1918 and 1930
Materials/Techniques: 
plaster-mold cast in bronze
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Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1964
Accession No: 
08.146
Previous Number(s): 
0827.146; 30270
Department: 
Not On View

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