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A bronze sculpture with a slight green patina of an Indigenous man seated on the ground.
A bronze sculpture with a slight green patina of an Indigenous man seated on the ground.
A bronze sculpture with a slight green patina of an Indigenous man seated on the ground.
A bronze sculpture with a slight green patina of an Indigenous man seated on the ground.

Indian Family [Male]

Charles M. Russell (1864-1926)

Object Details

  • Date

    1915, cast 1916

  • Object Type

    Sculptures

  • Medium

    Bronze

  • Contributors

    Cast by Benjamin Zoppo Foundry

  • Object Format

    Lost-wax casting

  • Dimensions

    5 1/8 x 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.

  • Edition

    10 estimated lifetime casts

  • Inscriptions

    On the vertical edge of the base, directly below the back of the Indian: C M Russell [skull] [Note: A smaller skull is visible inside the outline of the larger one. Both skulls resemble a schematized fox head.]

    On the vertical edge of the base, directly below the artist's signature, engraved in the metal: 47

    FOUNDRY MARK: On the vertical edge of the base, directly opposite the Indian's right side and to the right of the artist's signature, stamped in small caps: B. ZOPPO \ FOUNDRY. N.Y.

  • Collection Name

    Amon G. Carter Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Amon G. Carter Collection

  • Accession Number

    1961.122

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Amon G. Carter Collection
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