Appeal to the Great Spirit Dallin Indian Bronze Statue

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Your source for diverse Art Selections is a dramatic display, as the title of this bronze states, an appeal of this Native American Warrior to a higher power. Taken from wikipedia:" Appeal to the Great Spirit , a sculpture by Cyrus Dallin , is the last of a four-piece series called The Epic of the Indian .Dallin, a native of Utah , was raised in close proximity to Native American children. In 1909, the sculpture was cast in Paris and won a gold medal for its exhibition in the Paris Salon . T are three full size casts of the sculpture: one is located outside the main entrance to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts another is in Muncie, Indiana in the "Y" of the intersection of Walnut and Granville streets, and considered by many Muncie residents to be symbolic of Muncie. The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma contains the most recent full size installation in Woodward Park, at the intersection of 21st Street and Peoria. It was cast in the mid-80's by American Artbronze Fine Arts Foundry under the direction of Howard R. Kirsch.A restoration of the Boston version was reversed at Dallin's request because he preferred the light green tones that had developed on the equestrian sculpture over time rather than the typical “statuary brown” patina the conservator applied prior to consulting him.A bronze replica of the statue stands as the centerpiece of read more