Sculpture

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Sculpture

Entry/Object ID

2018.3.2

Description

Property FA2: Carl Kauba Bronze Sculpture, Object: sculpture, Artist/Maker: Kauba, Carl (1865-1922, Austria, Vienna), Title/Model: Indian Attack (War Party), Date/Region: n/a, Medium/Technique: bronze, lost wax Edition/Series: n/a, Size: 9" H x 28" L x 5" W, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: yes (in mold), Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Provenance: purchased from Roy Henson Auction on May 9, 1993, lot 774 in Garfield, Arkansas, Description/Notes: An open-composition depicting five American Indians each riding horses in what appears to be an expeditious manner. Each figure is dressed in Native American garb with feathered headdresses. Each rider holds a gun or a tomahawk. The last figure has his hand raised as if he had a lasso. The bronze figures are painted. The horses are in various states of gallop.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Feb 15, 2018