Pursued

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Alternate Title
Indian Pursued; Pursued: Cheyenne Indian; The Pursuit
Credit Line
Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY; William E. Weiss Memorial Fund Purchase
Accession #
11.75
Foundry
Gorham Co. Founders
Foundry Mark
QZZ GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS / No-1
Inscriptions

A. PHIMISTER PROCTOR, top right base;

Signatures

A. PHIMISTER PROCTOR

Copyright

1915

Patina
Dark brown
Version

second version

Dimensions
17 x 23 x 5 1/2 in.
Casting Method
lost wax
Casting Date
1928, reworked
Cast Number
1
Metallurgy
Average copper-to-zinc ratio of 24.14. Average copper-to-tin ratio of 110. Trace amounts of calcium, nickel, barium, and chromium are present on all sample spots. ?

The artist; [?]; present owner, 1975

War club is missing from right hand. Despite this cast’s marking as #1, this may not be the first casting of the second version. That may actually be the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s version which was cast in Brussels during the winter of 1927-1928. Proctor, when he returned from Europe in the spring of 1928 (contrary to what I say on p. 89 of Wildlife and Western Heroes), settled in Wilton, CT and probably returned to work with the Gorham Foundry at that time. So this could be simply the first casting that Gorham made of the second version of Pursued cast in lost wax by Gargani. PH

 

 

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