HARRY JACKSON (b. 1924)

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HARRY JACKSON (b. 1924)

'Sacagawea II', A Bronze Figure of the Indian Scout

inscribed '© Harry Jackson 1980 SA II 25', stamped with the artist's thumbprint and with the Wyoming Foundry Studio seal

17¾in. (45cm.) high, on stone base with separate brass tag inscribed 'SACAGAWEA II HARRY JACKSON', rich medium brown patina

Literature

M.T. Barber, 'The Artist in Control of His Own Destiny: Harry Jackson', American Artist, April 1978, pp. 43-46, 123-125
L. Pointer and D. Goddard, Harry Jackson, New York, 1981, pp. 196, 271, figs. 364-375
Harry Jackson, 30 Anni di Attivita in Versilia, Camaiore, Italy, 1985, illus.

Lot Essay

The present bronze is a reduction of the first working model for the privately commissioned monument planned for and donated to the Plains Indian Museum, Buffalo Bill Cody Histocal Center, Cody, Wyoming. Marie, a Shoshone Indian, posed for Jackson's monument depciting the Shoshone squaw who led Lewis and Clark on their explorations of North America in the early 19th century.

Sacagawea II was cast in an edition of 350 patinated examples and a similar number of painted examples.