"Appeal to the Great Spirit" by Cyrus E. Dallin. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Oxford University Press postcard (1920s)
This statue won the Salon gold medal, 1909; this is the fourth of a series of studies of the aborigine; "it depicts a nude mounted Indian -- both horse and rider embodiments of savage grace and strength -- sitting motionless with arms uplifted in mute regard of the rising sun." "This is a glorification of the red man's 'Lost Cause.' Resistance having proved vain, there is nothing left but to appeal to the higher court." The Boston Art Commission approved by unanimous vote the acquisition of the statue for the Park System.
Cyrus E. Dallin was born in Springfield, Utah, 22 November, 1861. He now lives in Boston, Mass. He has received many medals and other public recognition of his work.
[Source: "The Equestrian Monuments of the World" by Florence Cole Quinby (1913)]
"Appeal to the Great Spirit" by Cyrus E. Dallin. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Oxford University Press postcard (1920s)
This statue won the Salon gold medal, 1909; this is the fourth of a series of studies of the aborigine; "it depicts a nude mounted Indian -- both horse and rider embodiments of savage grace and strength -- sitting motionless with arms uplifted in mute regard of the rising sun." "This is a glorification of the red man's 'Lost Cause.' Resistance having proved vain, there is nothing left but to appeal to the higher court." The Boston Art Commission approved by unanimous vote the acquisition of the statue for the Park System.
Cyrus E. Dallin was born in Springfield, Utah, 22 November, 1861. He now lives in Boston, Mass. He has received many medals and other public recognition of his work.
[Source: "The Equestrian Monuments of the World" by Florence Cole Quinby (1913)]