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Gray Spirit

Artist/Maker Edward Kemeys United States, 1843 - 1907
Datec. 1900
MediumBronze
Dimensions26 × 10 × 27 in. (66 × 25.4 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.183
ClassificationsSculpture
SignedSigned
InscribedSigned: Edward Kemeys with the artist's monogram
DescriptionSculpture of a seated coyote howling up towards the sky. Texture on the body to create fur. Bronze base looks like a rock. Roman Bronze Works NY. Incription on base: "Gray spirit of a day gone by/In canons haunted by thy cry/Coyote thou hast been for aye/Part of the lone lands mystery."
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