Forging America: The Wolf Family Collection
Forging America: The Wolf Family Collection
John Quincy Adams Ward
The Indian Hunter: a Maquette
Auction Closed
April 20, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
John Quincy Adams Ward
1830 - 1910
The Indian Hunter: a Maquette
signed with the artist's monogram (along the base)
painted plaster
16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high
Executed in 1857-60.
Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, New York
Wolf Family Collection No. 0697 (acquired from the above on January 27, 1984)
The present work is a plaster cast of John Quincy Adams Ward's iconic bronze, The Indian Hunter (lot 305). It is rare to see the plaster maquette accompanying the fully executed bronze, as plasters were often destroyed or did not survive the casting process. It is unique to see the plaster and bronze of The Indian Hunter side by side in this context, which is a testament to the Wolf Family's collecting practices and deep appreciation for American bronzes.