James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)Buffalo Herd inscribed 'J.E. FRASER / © SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY / 1969 #2' and stamped 'MODERN ART FDRY. N.Y.' (on the base) bronze with brown patina 6 in. high Conceived in 1950; cast in 1969.FootnotesProvenance Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1969. Private Collection, Virginia. Literature Patricia J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1973, p. 191, pl. 195, another example illustrated. Celebrated American sculptor James Earle Fraser is best known as the designer of the Buffalo nickel. Born in Minnesota, Fraser's father worked as a railway engineer supervising the laying of track across the Dakotas, where Fraser spent much of his childhood. Fraser's early exposure to cowboys, Native Americans, and the culture of the plains, lends a sense of authenticity to his work. Fraser studied at the Chicago Institute of Art and in Paris at the École des Beaux Arts, Académie Julian, and Académie Colarossi. While studying abroad he completed End of the Trail, which won him $1,000 from the American Art Association and launched his career. His success caught the attention of famed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) who hired him as an assistant in his studio. A few years later Fraser opened his own studio and began teaching at the Art Students League in New York. It was there that he met his future wife, and fellow sculptor, Laura Gardin. The present work was conceived late in the artist's successful career while he reflected on early American pioneer history. Recalling the Great Plains' historic herds of roaming bison, Fraser began exploring the buffalo herd subject in 1950 and used bison in the Bronx Zoo as his models. 1 Fraser died before the present work was cast in bronze. Upon his death, all of Fraser's papers and models were donated by the artist's family to Syracuse University. In 1968, Kennedy Galleries, New York hosted a show featuring Fraser and Gardin's work, which is when this work, inscribed with date 1969, was cast. This posthumous authorized 1969 cast series was intended to be an edition of twelve, but it is believed that the full edition was never executed.
James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)Buffalo Herd inscribed 'J.E. FRASER / © SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY / 1969 #2' and stamped 'MODERN ART FDRY. N.Y.' (on the base) bronze with brown patina 6 in. high Conceived in 1950; cast in 1969.FootnotesProvenance Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1969. Private Collection, Virginia. Literature Patricia J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1973, p. 191, pl. 195, another example illustrated. Celebrated American sculptor James Earle Fraser is best known as the designer of the Buffalo nickel. Born in Minnesota, Fraser's father worked as a railway engineer supervising the laying of track across the Dakotas, where Fraser spent much of his childhood. Fraser's early exposure to cowboys, Native Americans, and the culture of the plains, lends a sense of authenticity to his work. Fraser studied at the Chicago Institute of Art and in Paris at the École des Beaux Arts, Académie Julian, and Académie Colarossi. While studying abroad he completed End of the Trail, which won him $1,000 from the American Art Association and launched his career. His success caught the attention of famed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) who hired him as an assistant in his studio. A few years later Fraser opened his own studio and began teaching at the Art Students League in New York. It was there that he met his future wife, and fellow sculptor, Laura Gardin. The present work was conceived late in the artist's successful career while he reflected on early American pioneer history. Recalling the Great Plains' historic herds of roaming bison, Fraser began exploring the buffalo herd subject in 1950 and used bison in the Bronx Zoo as his models. 1 Fraser died before the present work was cast in bronze. Upon his death, all of Fraser's papers and models were donated by the artist's family to Syracuse University. In 1968, Kennedy Galleries, New York hosted a show featuring Fraser and Gardin's work, which is when this work, inscribed with date 1969, was cast. This posthumous authorized 1969 cast series was intended to be an edition of twelve, but it is believed that the full edition was never executed.
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