Edward Kemeys
Black Hawk, Big Snake, Chicagou, Keokuk, Hairy Bear, and Little Panther: Six Bronze Reliefs
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April 20, 09:25 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Edward Kemeys
1843 - 1907
Black Hawk, Big Snake, Chicagou, Keokuk, Hairy Bear, and Little Panther: Six Bronze Reliefs
each: signed Kemeys with the artist's device (center); inscribed with title (lower center)
each: bronze
each: approximately 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
each framed: 30 x 25 1/4 in. (76.2 x 64.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1894.
Boston Children's Museum Collection, Boston
Sotheby Parke-Berket New York, October 17, 1980, lots 4-9 (consigned by the above)
Wolf Family Collection No. 0884 (acquired from the above)
These six bronze reliefs were commissioned in 1893 by Chicago-based brothers Arthur T. and Owen F. Aldis. The Aldis brothers were prominent developers in the city, and commissioned Edward Kemeys to complete a group of twenty-two reliefs to be installed in the lobby of the Marquette Building.
In order to honor the history of the city, Kemeys chose Native Americans and French explorers as the subjects for this relief group. This lot presents six of the Native American reliefs that the sculptor modeled as part of this commission. These bronze reliefs previous resided in the Boston Children's Museum Collection before being deaccessioned and acquired by the Wolf Family in 1980.
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