Arab Stallion

Details

ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1862-1950)
Arab Stallion
inscribed 'A PHIMISTER PROCTOR/COPYRIGHT 1895_' and stamped 'E. GRUET/JEUNE/FONDEUR/·44 BIS AVENUE DE CHATILLON·PARIS' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Modeled in 1895.

Provenance

Private collection, Great Britain.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature

A.P. Proctor, Alexander Phimister Proctor: Sculptor in Buckskin, An Autobiography, Norman, Oklahoma, 1971, p. 213, another example illustrated.
P.H. Hassrick, Wildlife and Western Heros: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003, p. 121, pl. 11, another example illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work was modeled in 1895 in Proctor's New York studio upon his introduction to a New York lawyer who requested a portrait of his mount. Proctor recalled: "Dixon, a lover of good horses, owned a fine Arab stallion, which had been bred in the stables of the czar of Russia and had on his neck the czar's brand, a crown. Dixon commissioned me to do a small portrait model of the horse and was so pleased with the small statuette that he gave me permission to have bronze casts made for sale" (A.P. Proctor, Alexander Phimister Proctor: Sculptor in Buckskin, An Autobiography, Norman, Oklahoma, 1971, p. 131) There are nine located examples of this cast known today.

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