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Buffalo (Prairie Monarch)
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Buffalo (Prairie Monarch)

Artist/Maker Alexander Phimister Proctor United States, born Canada, 1862 - 1950
Date1911
MediumBronze
Dimensions36 × 27 × 56 in. (91.4 × 68.6 × 142.2 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.180
ClassificationsSculpture
Keyword
SignedSigned
InscribedCast by Tiffany Studios N.Y. P left rear base: COPYRIGHT/1911 P right base: A.P. PROCTOR/ 1911 [and] APPROCTOR/MCMXISC
On View
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DescriptionPreviously titled 'Prairie Monarch'. Sculpture of a walking Buffalo mounted on a thin square base. The Buffalo walks to the left with his head faced down. His muscles can be seen through his legs and shoulders. Hair on the top of his head and partially down his back. This cast probably the only one this size. Cast by Tiffany Studios, N.Y.