Skip to main contentDescriptionSculpture of a cougar lying down. This is likely a tiger, but its veractiy as a Proctor has been called into question by Peter Hassrick - who noted the irregular base and the fact that the signature looks cold-stamped into the bronze. In addition to the fact that he has never come across any references to a Proctor like this. Maybe Anna Hyatt Huntington. Is it a tiger?
Resting Cougar
Artist/Maker
Alexander Phimister Proctor
United States, born Canada, 1862 - 1950
Date1897
Mediumbronze
Dimensions15 × 9 1/2 × 5 in. (38.1 × 24.1 × 12.7 cm)
part (Irregular.): 15 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (38.4 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1993.053
ClassificationsSculpture
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SignedSigned
InscribedA. Phimister Proctor / Gorham Co. Q243 (on side of base) According to Phimister (Sandy) Proctor Church, signature is usually more prominently placed and larger.
On View
Not on viewPaul Bransom