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SOLID BRONZE MUSEUM PIECE WESTERN THE SURRENDER STATUE 1/4 BY RALPH CRAWFORD

$ 7920

Availability: 90 in stock
  • Material: Bronze
  • Object Type: NATIVE AMERICAN
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Condition: EXCELLENT CONDITION
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    THERE ARE ONLY 4 OF THESE IN EXISTENCE AND I WAS TOLD THE OTHER THREE WENT TO MUSEUMS SO THIS TRULY IS A MUSEUM PIECE.  STANDS APPROXIMATELY 34 INCHES TALL, 9 INCHES DEEP AND 30 INCHES WIDE.  THIS WAS DONE BY RALPH CRAWFORD CURRENTLY OUT OF LEWISTON IDAHO WHO IS FAMOUS FOR HIS BRONZE STATUES AND WORLD RENOWNED AS A GREAT ARTIST.  THIS PIECE IS SOLID BRONZE I BELIEVE AND NOT A CAST BRONZE AND COMES ON A MARBLE BASE.  IT IS TITLED THE SURRENDER WHERE I BELIEVE CHIEF JOSEPH IS TURNING OVER HIS RIFLE SIGNIFYING THE END OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN BATTLE WITH THE INTRUDERS OF THEIR LAND. THE EXPRESSION ON THE CHIEFS FACE IS PRICELESS AND THE ARTIST DID SUCH A TREMENDOUS JOB OF CAPTURING IT.  VERY HEAVY PIECE AND TREMENDOUS WORK OF ART WHICH THE NEW OWNER WILL HAVE THE ONLY ONE I BELIEVE THAT IS NOT IN A MUSEUM.  LOCAL PICKUP ONLY BUT IF SOMEONE PAYS FULL PRICE I WILL WORK WITH THEM TO DELIVER IT TO YOU IN PERSON, OTHERWISE LOCAL PICKUP OF THIS MUSEUM PIECE.