Archery Lesson

Details

CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (1861-1944)
Archery Lesson
inscribed 'C.E. Dallin/07.' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Modeled in 1907.

Provenance

Mongerson-Wunderlich Galleries, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1990s.

Literature

Collier's, vol. 41, March 28, 1908, p. 15, another example illustrated.
The International Studio, vol. LVII, November 1915, p. 113, another example illustrated.
C.R. Post, A History of European and American Sculpture from the Early Christian Period to the Present Day, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1921, p. 251.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., The West in Bronze, New York, 1968, p. 6, another example referenced.
P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 104, fig. 97, another example illustrated.
R.G. Francis, Cyrus E. Dallin: Let Justice Be Done, Springville, Utah, 1976, p. 50, fig. 50, another example illustrated.
K. Ahrens, Cyrus E. Dallin: His Small Bronzes and Plasters, exhibition catalogue, Corning, New York, 1995, pp. 59-60, no. 19, another example referenced.
L.D. Rosenfeld, A Century of American Sculpture: The Roman Bronze Works Foundry, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2002, p. 99, another example referenced.

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Lot Essay

The Archery Lesson was originally conceived as the first prize trophy for the National Archery Association's 1907 competition in Chicago. An accomplished longbow archer himself, Dallin was a National Archery Champion in 1915 and served as president of the Association in 1919.

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