Lot 54: THEODORE BAUR 1835-1894

THEODORE BAUR 1835-1894 THE BUFFALO HUNT bronze, reddish brown patina height: 20 in. (50.8 cm) Cast between 1876-1886.

Patricia Janis Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, p. 258, illustration of another version p. 257

Private Collection, Minnesota
By descent in the family to the present owner (his granddaughter)

The Meriden Britannia Company (now the International Silver Company) commissioned Theodore Baur to create The Buffalo Hunt in order to commemorate the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876. The work was later exhibited at several other major exhibitions around the country, and the Meridian Company offered it as a regular catalog item between 1876 and 1886. It was also cast in a smaller 6 1/2 inch version, and the buffalo was cast as a 4 1/2 inch silver paperweight. A silver and gold plated version of this sculpture is in the collection of the White House.