Lot 123: JAMES LIPPITT CLARK (American, 1883-1957) Caribou height: 13in Modeled in 1925

James Lippitt Clark (American, 1883-1957)
Caribou
inscribed 'J.L. Clark © 25' (on the top of the base) and inscribed 'Roman Bronze Works Inc. N.Y.' (on the side of the base)
bronze with brown patina
height: 13in
Modeled in 1925
FOOTNOTES
Provenance
Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida.
Thence to the current owner, Atlanta, Georgia.

Clark was a pupil of the Rhode Island School of Design. While working as a designer for Gorham, he was asked to mount specimens in the American Museum of Natural History. He became director of preparation and installation there until his retirement in 1949. He was a taxidermist, big game hunter, and creator of habitat groups for the museum, maintaining his office at the museum and at his own Industrial Exhibits company.

He visited the West in 1906, Europe and Africa in 1908. He was the co-leader of the McDonnell-Clark Wyoming expedition in 1937 in addition to Asiatic and African expeditions from 1926 to 1948. Clark was an author and lecturer on animals including Exploring and Studying Wild Game in America.

This period cast represents a rare model in the oeuvre of the artist.