Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944)

'Appeal to the Great Spirit'

Details

Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944)
'Appeal to the Great Spirit'
inscribed '© C.E. Dallin 1913' (on the base)--inscribed 'GORHAM Co. Founders', 'GAC' and '#40' and stamped 'QPN' (along the base)
bronze with red-brown patina
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, Lynn, Massachusetts, by 1940.
By descent to the present owner, 2008.

Literature

E. Wilbur Pomeroy, "Cyrus E. Dallin and the North American Indian: Four Statues Which Express the Fate of a Dying Race," Arts and Decoration, February 1914, p. 153, another example illustrated.
R.G. Francis, Cyrus E. Dallin: Let Justice Be Done, Springville, Utah, 1928, pp. 33, 43-50, 52, another example illustrated.
P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1973, pp. 94, 98, pl. 96, another example illustrated.
D.B. Dearinger, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, New York, 2004, p. 143, another example referenced.

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Lot Essay

The present bronze is a reduction of the monumental group located in front of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. The last in a series by the artist reflecting the poor state of United States relations with Native Americans, 'Appeal to the Great Spirit' depicts a Sioux chief engaged in prayer after defeat by the U.S. Army. Exhibited at the National Sculpture Society in 1908, the model was also awarded a gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1909. The Gorham foundry was authorized to cast reductions from 1916-47 in three approximate sizes: 37 inches (9), 21 inches (107), and 9 inches (285).

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