Appeal to the Great Spirit / Cyrus Edwin Dallin

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Appeal to the Great Spirit

Creator(s):

Cyrus Edwin Dallin (Artist)

Gorham Manufacturing Company (Artist)

Culture:

American

Date:

1913

Materials/Techniques:

bronze

Classification:

Sculpture

Object Type:

Bronze Sculpture

Accession No:

08.73

Previous Number(s):

0827.73; 36163

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 21in. (53.3cm)
Width: 15in. (38.1cm)
Depth: 22 1/2in. (57.2cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Cyrus Edwin Dallin

Biography:

Born and raised in Utah territory, Dallin was studying in Paris by 1888-90 and cast his first large bronze, Signal of Peace (now in Chicago’s Lincoln Park) at the Gruet foundry.

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.

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Dallin, Cyrus Edwin

Birth Date:

1861

Death Date:

1944

Nationalities:

American (North American)

Roles:

American sculptor, 1861-1944

Gender:

male

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Role(s):

Artist

Marks and Inscriptions

Marks: on side of base: "Gorham Co. Founders" cast through from the model. Underneath this mark is: "QPN" cold stamped after casting. Underneath base is painted in red: "150"

Signed: Signed, "C.E. Dallin, 1913"

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Dallin, Cyrus. Appeal to the Great Spirit. 08.73. 1913. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/0873 (08/14/2017).

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