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Alexander Stirling Calder

Sioux Brave, Our American Stoic

Maker

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

Title

Sioux Brave, Our American Stoic

Year

1912

Medium

Materials/Techniques

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.

Marks: Stamped on back of base, u. r. corner: GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS/Q309-2

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the estate of Dr. Helen C. Putnam

Object Number

51.261

Type

Exhibition History

Making It In America
Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

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
19th-Century Paintings and Decorative Arts
Apr 06, 2007 – Jan 06, 2008

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Alexander Stirling Calder (American, 1870-1945)
Gorham Company Foundry (American, 1831-), foundry or carver
Sioux Brave, Our American Stoic, 1912
Bronze
71.8 x 25.4 x 18.4 cm (28 1/4 x 10 x 7 1/4 inches)
Gift of the estate of Dr. Helen C. Putnam 51.261

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