Lot Essay
The present work retains an inscription along the base which reads: Presented to George W. Sweeney by the Executive Staff of the Hotel Commodore January First Nineteen Nineteen.
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'Appeal to the Great Spirit'
Details
Charles Henry Humphriss (1867-1934)
'Appeal to the Great Spirit'
inscribed 'C.H. Humphriss./1906' (along the base)--inscribed 'GORHAM Co. FOUNDERS #9/Q61' and stamped with the foundry device (along the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
31¼ in. (79.4 cm.) high
'Appeal to the Great Spirit'
inscribed 'C.H. Humphriss./1906' (along the base)--inscribed 'GORHAM Co. FOUNDERS #9/Q61' and stamped with the foundry device (along the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
31¼ in. (79.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, circa 1960s.
By descent to the present owner.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 259, pl. 284, another example illustrated.
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