The Fight
Deming based "The Fight" on the firsthand description by a Native American friend who had witnessed a brutal struggle between a mountain lion and a grizzly bear. The artist recorded the brief, intense moment when the massive bear bows under the agonizing impact of the clawing, biting animal. Deming, who frequently traveled to the American West, was fascinated by bears; his studio in New York’s MacDougall Alley was called the Lodge of the Eight Bears, after the name the Blackfoot had given him.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Fight
- Artist: Edwin Willard Deming (American, Ashland, Ohio 1860–1942 New York)
- Founder: Cast by Roman Bronze Works
- Date: ca. 1906
- Culture: American
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: 8 x 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (20.3 x 8.3 x 14 cm)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907
- Object Number: 07.42
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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