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Fighting Goats

Wilhelm Hunt Diederich American, born Hungary
ca. 1936
Not on view
Of his lifelong devotion to depicting animals at play and in combat, Diederich was quoted as saying: “Animals are a part of art themselves, they possess such glorious rhythm and spontaneity.” Diederich returned to the theme of fighting goats several times between 1917 and the mid-1930s. In this late interpretation, the base consists of an exaggerated boulder-like mass, and one goat rises dramatically on its hind legs. Diederich’s keen observation of animals is exemplified in this graceful, interlocking arrangement of the two goats whose bodies are lean and tensely posed.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fighting Goats
  • Artist: Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (American (born Hungary), Szent-Grot 1884–1953 Tappan, New York)
  • Date: ca. 1936
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 39 × 17 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (99.1 × 43.8 × 37.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.103
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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