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Alexander Stirling Calder

Sioux Brave, Our American Stoic, 1912

Description

Maker

  • Alexander Stirling Calder, 1870-1945, American
  • Gorham Company Foundry, 1831-, American, foundry or carver

Title

Sioux Brave, Our American Stoic

Year

1912

Medium

Bronze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • bronze

Dimensions

71.8 x 25.4 x 18.4 cm (28 1/4 x 10 x 7 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed on base:Copyrighted 1912 by A. Stirling Calder Sc.

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Gift of the estate of Dr. Helen C. Putnam

Object Number

51.261

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

A. Stirling Calder, father of sculptor Alexander Calder, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. He later abandoned academic modeling in favor of monolithic sculptures stripped of extraneous details.

Sioux Brave, Our American Stoic refers to the loss of Native American land and culture at a time when sculptural depictions of Native Americans more often symbolized the American continent, its rivers, and its indigenous virtues. The use of the Greek word stoic in the title suggests the virtues of self-control, fortitude, and detachment from distracting emotion—qualities that can equip the individual to find inner peace.

An American Idyll

April 6, 2007 - January 6, 2008

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