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The Medicine Man, (sculpture). Artist:  Dallin, Cyrus Edwin, 1861-1944, sculptor. Smith Granite Company, carver. Gruet, founder. Title:  The Medicine Man, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1899. Cast 1899. Dedicated Dec. 10, 1903. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 8 ft. 6 in. Description:  Figure of a Native American seated on a horse with his proper right hand raised in a greeting. His proper left hand rests on his left thigh. He is dressed in a loin cloth and moccasins. On his head is a long feathered headdress with two curved horns, one on either side of his head. Around his neck is a shell necklace. Two very long braids of hair hang down on either side of his chest. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Medicine -- Doctor Ethnic -- Indian Equestrian Western Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Coadministered by Fairmount Park Art Association, 1616 Walnut Street, Suite 2012, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Located Fairmount Park, East side, East River Drive, Dauphin Street entrance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Provenance:  Formerly located Strawberry Mansion, Philadelphia Pennsylvania Exhibitions:  Paris Salon of 1899, Paris, 1899. Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. Remarks:  Sculpture was purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association for 6,000 dollars. Dallin selected the site on Dauphin Street for the installation. The Smith Granite Company was responsible for creating the base. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 City of Philadelphia, 1973. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5133, 1989. Monumental News, March 1903; Jan. 1905; July 1922. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 210. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 209. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, July 1922, pg. 426-427. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 210. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75009286   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009286 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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