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Buffalo

Founder Cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company American
1912, cast 1913 or after
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 756
By the early 1880s government-sanctioned hunts had nearly driven the North American bison (or buffalo) to extinction, inspiring sculptures that symbolized a bygone past. Proctor observed a herd at a sanctuary in Alberta, Canada, in order to create his four monumental bronzes for the Dumbarton Bridge in Washington, DC. He also produced smaller versions of the woolly maned animal in a stately pose.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Buffalo
  • Artist:
    Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, Bosanquet, Ontario 1860–1950 Palo Alto, California)
  • Founder:
    Cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, Providence, Rhode Island, 1831–present)
  • Date:
    1912, cast 1913 or after
  • Culture:
    American
  • Medium:
    Bronze
  • Dimensions:
    13 1/2 × 19 × 9 3/4 in. (34.3 × 48.3 × 24.8 cm)
  • Credit Line:
    Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
  • Object Number:
    48.149.29
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, Bosanquet, Ontario 1860–1950 Palo Alto, California)
ca. 1911
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Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, Bosanquet, Ontario 1860–1950 Palo Alto, California)
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Indian Warrior
Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, Bosanquet, Ontario 1860–1950 Palo Alto, California)
1898; cast 1913-by 1917
Buckaroo
Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, Bosanquet, Ontario 1860–1950 Palo Alto, California)
1914, cast 1915
Fawn
Alexander Phimister Proctor (American, Bosanquet, Ontario 1860–1950 Palo Alto, California)
1887–93, cast 1895

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