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Ceramic human figure head fragment
Mesoamerican
In the style of an Ixtlan del Rio style hollow seated male and female ceramic conjoined pair
possibly Mexican

The Cryer / Charles Marion Russell

Curatorial Remarks

According to Stewart, this sculpture was never cast in bronze during Charles Russell's lifetime. Nancy Russell later authorized Beil and De Yong to restore the original plaster model, which had been damaged, before having it cast in bronze. This particular bronze does not have a foundry mark, but it was probably cast by California Art Bronze Foundry. The base is filled with plaster.

Information given by Ann Boulton Young, Associate Conservator for the Gilcrease Museum, 2018

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Title(s): 
The Cryer
Creator(s): 
Charles Marion Russell (Subject)
California Art Bronze Foundry (Foundry)
Charles A. Beil (Subject)
Joseph Franklin de Yong (Restorer)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
modeled circa 1926; lost-wax cast possibly between 1929 and 1940
Materials/Techniques: 
lost-wax cast in bronze
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Accession No: 
08.28
Previous Number(s): 
0837.28; 40455
Department: 
Not On View

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