Property from the L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, Lots 21-34 Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache, (1914-1994), "49," bronze, edition 9/20, signed and impressed with foundry mark. excluding base: height 12 1/2in, width 12 1/4in Fußnoten Provenance The artist, as represented by the Gallery Wall, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1981, a copy of the invoice of which accompanies the lot Literature Whyte, Malcom, Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art: American Indian Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Malcom and Karen Whyte, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2007, p. 33-35, cat. 24, another example illustrated: "Allan Houser blended modern sculptural aesthetics with traditional Apache forms to create eloquent works, at once tribal and universal. His bronze entitled "49," (cat. 24) personifies a tale of fifty warriors who went out to battle with all but one coming back. The survivors gathered around to sing praises of their lost comrade. Houser's works celebrate grace, nobility, and strength rather than irony and outrage."
Property from the L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, Lots 21-34 Allan Houser Chiricahua Apache, (1914-1994), "49," bronze, edition 9/20, signed and impressed with foundry mark. excluding base: height 12 1/2in, width 12 1/4in Fußnoten Provenance The artist, as represented by the Gallery Wall, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1981, a copy of the invoice of which accompanies the lot Literature Whyte, Malcom, Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art: American Indian Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of Malcom and Karen Whyte, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2007, p. 33-35, cat. 24, another example illustrated: "Allan Houser blended modern sculptural aesthetics with traditional Apache forms to create eloquent works, at once tribal and universal. His bronze entitled "49," (cat. 24) personifies a tale of fifty warriors who went out to battle with all but one coming back. The survivors gathered around to sing praises of their lost comrade. Houser's works celebrate grace, nobility, and strength rather than irony and outrage."
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