Cyrus Dallin

William H. Sargeant (acquired on 5 October 1928)

Private Collection

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

E. Wilbur Pomeroy, "Cyrus E. Dallin and the North American Indian: Four Statues Which Express the Fate of a Dying Race," Arts & Decoration, vol. 4, February 1914, p. 135, another cast illustrated

Effie Seacrest, "Picture Study - Appeal to the Great Spirit," Normal Instructor and Primary Plans, vol. 28, January 1919, pp. 34-35, another cast illustrated

Rell G. Francis, Cyrus E. Dallin: Let Justice Be Done, Springville, 1928, pp. 33-34, 43-50 and 52, other casts illustrated

Loring Holmes Dodd, The Golden Age of American Sculpture, Boston, 1936, p. 101, another cast illustrated

Patricia J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, pp. 94, 98, 103, and 368, another cast illustrated

The Gorham Foundry was authorized to cast 107 editions of this size of Appeal to the Great Spirit between 1916-1947, a reduction of the monumental group located in front of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts. Appeal to the Great Spirit depicts a Sioux chief engaged in prayer after defeat by the U.S. Army.