The Medicine Man (Dallin)

The Medicine Man
Artist Cyrus Dallin
Year 1899
Type Bronze
Dimensions 240 cm (96 in)
Location Philadelphia
Coordinates 39°59′31.2″N 75°11′11.44″W / 39.992000°N 75.1865111°W / 39.992000; -75.1865111
Owner City of Philadelphia
Fairmount Park Commission

The Medicine Man is a bronze equestrian statue by Cyrus E. Dallin. It is located in Fairmount Park, Dauphin Street, west of 33rd Street, Philadelphia.[1]

History

The Medicine Man at the 1900 Exposition Universelle.

It was cast in 1899. It was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1899, and Exposition Universelle (1900), Paris, where it won a silver medal.[2] It was purchased by the Association for Public Art (formerly the Fairmount Park Art Association) for $6,000. It was dedicated on December 10, 1903. [3]

A reduced edition was produced by the Gorham Foundry;[4] an example is in the Amon Carter Museum.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120327175949/http://dev.fpaa.org/interactive-art-map/the-medicine-man. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2011. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ http://www.pbase.com/image/42586726. Retrieved 2017-06-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "The Medicine Man, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey. 1993. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944) | 'Medicine Man' | American Art Auction | 19th Century, Sculptures, Statues & Figures | Christie's". Christies.com. 2010-09-28. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  5. ↑ "Amon Carter Museum of American Art | An American Collection". Cartermuseum.org. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
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