Skip to main contentDescriptionSculpture of a bison walking towards the left with his head down with a large tuft of hair on the back of his neck, placed on a bronze base.
Bison (Prev. Prairie Monarch, 1st stage)
Artist/Maker
Alexander Phimister Proctor
United States, born Canada, 1862 - 1950
Date1909
MediumBronze
Dimensions11 3/4 × 16 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (29.8 × 41.9 × 21.6 cm)
part: 5 7/8 × 16 in. (14.9 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1988.040
ClassificationsSculpture
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SignedSigned
InscribedPhimister Proctor / copyrt 1909 (in two places). Red number "2838", white number "126" On 2013-06-17, Phimister (Sandy) Proctor Church suggested that the bison figure was produced by lost wax method, whereas the base was possibly done by sandcast method and speculated that it was done to save cost. Believes it was cast at Roman Bronze.
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On viewAlexander Phimister Proctor
Alexander Phimister Proctor