Switch to librarySearch ALL sculptures and paintingsClick here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search Images 
 Search 
 About 
   
KeywordSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  Return to results
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Mestrovic, Ivan,
     
  •  
    		• Unknown (Yugoslavia),
     
  •  
    		• Holabird & Roche,
     
  •  
    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
  •  
    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
  •  
    		• Equestrian
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Bowman and the Spearman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mestrovic, Ivan, 1883-1962, sculptor.
    Unknown (Yugoslavia), founder.
    Holabird & Roche, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    The Bowman and the Spearman, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Bowman, (sculpture).
    Spearman, (sculpture).
    Indians, (sculpture).
    Indians: The Bowman and the Spearman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Designed 1926. Cast 1927. Dedicated Oct. 1928.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    2 parts. Each sculpture: approx. 22 x 18 x 8 ft.; Each base: approx. 12 x 18 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On the east side of each base:) ERECTED/BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE/B. F. FERGUSON MONUMENT FUND/MCMXXVIII (On bronze plaques located on the back side of each base:) IVAN MESTROVIC/SCULPTOR (East side, lower right corner:) IVAN MESTROVIC SCULPTOR signed
    Description: 
    Two nude indian warriors astride massive horses face each other to create a dramatic frame for the Buckingham Fountain. One horseman prepares to throw his spear and the other bends back his bow. The bow and spear are not actually present, they are left to the viewer to imagine.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Nude
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Equestrian
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
    Located Grant Park, Michigan Avenue at Congress Parkway, Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund to commemorate the Native American. Plaster models of the Indians were designed in 1926 when the artist came to Chicago to attend an exhibition of his work. The pieces were cast in Yugoslavia in 1927. Architects, Holabird and Roche's original plan placed the sculptures at the top of a grand stairway facing each other across an esplanade leading into Grant Park; when Congress Parkway was extended the figures were placed on tall pedestals separated by a busy thoroughfare. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Photographic Archives contain photographs of the original and current settings of the sculptures. The Chicago Park District Monument and Sculpture Preservation Files contain miscellaneous correspondence, news articles, and conservation treatment reports with slide documentation. The 1992 SOS survey questionnaire notes that the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund restored the sculptures in the 1980s.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 19-20.
    Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 269-270.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Image on file. Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 19.
    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 75004308
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American Sculpture75004308Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System