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Alexander Phimister Proctor (1860-1950)
Panther
inscribed 'A. PHIMISTER PROCTOR 1891•1892,' 'COPYRIGHT' and 'CO' (on the base)--stamped 'GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS GHC QSV' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
10⅜ in. (26.4 cm.) high;
37½ in. (95.3 cm.) long
Modeled circa 1891-92.
Provenance
Private collection, Virginia.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
T. Tolles, American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. I, New York, 1999, pp. 414-15, another example illustrated (as Stalking Panther).
P.H. Hassrick, Wildlife and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003, pp. 102-03, another example illustrated.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925, exhibition catalogue, New York, 2013, pp. 66-67, another example illustrated (as Stalking Panther).
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