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THBCARL ETHAN AKELEY BRONZE - WOUNDED COMRADE
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CARL ETHAN AKELEY (American 1864-1926)
The Wounded Comrade - 1913
Bronze with dark brown patina
Signed, titled, and dated on base 'The Wounded Comrade' and '© Carl E Akeley 1913.' Further inscribed on base with dedicatory inscription from the artist, "Cast for Jos. A. McAleenan Esq" and with foundry mark of "ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y"
Height 12 inches (30.5 cm)
Provenance:
Private family collection, Illinois from before 1940
Literature:
For similar examples see P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1974, pp. 247-249 and Victoria S. Schmitt, Four Centuries of Sporting Art, Mumford, New York, 1984, p. 142Carl Ethan Akeley was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his contributions to American museums, most notably to the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) and the American Museum of Natural History (New York). He is considered the father of modern taxidermy and one of America’s greatest animal sculptors.
The inspiration for The Wounded Comrade appears to have come from an incident while Akeley was on safari in Uganda. His group disturbed a herd of over seven hundred elephants in a dense forest, scattering them in all directions and forcing Akeley's group to shoot to avoid being trampled. Akeley, having escaped, recounted looking back and seeing that one of those hit had been a large bull elephant, which had gone on twenty-five yards and collapsed. Six cows had stayed behind, surrounded the bull, and were using their trunks in an attempt to lift their wounded comrade to his feet. Most all of his bronzes depict African wildlife the majority being elephants, and all demonstrate both his remarkable skill and understanding of his subjects. Akeley died in Kabale, Uganda on a mission to collect specimens for the Natural History Museum.
New Yorker Joseph A. McAleenan (1873-1926) was a businessman, author, active outdoorsman and dog breeder. He, along with the artist Carl Ethan Akeley, were both members of the New York Zoological Society. An article in the February 5, 1916 edition of the publication Brooklyn Life, page 26, discusses the annual sportsman’s dinner at the Montauk Club where Mr. Joseph McAleenan “Will show thrilling moving pictures of elephant hunting in Africa.” In 1916, he published Hunting Rifle & Camera in Canadian Rockies. He died unexpectedly from a fall in 1926 at the age of 53.SHIPPING NOTICE:
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