Study for Buffalo Hunt Frieze, Manhattan Bridge

Artist:Charles Cary Rumsey

Medium: Bronze

Dates:1912–1915

Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 116 5/16 x 4 1/2 in., 200 lb. (54.6 x 295.4 x 11.4 cm, 90.72kg)

Collections:

• American Art

Exhibitions:

• Jeffrey Gibson: When Fire Is Applied to a Stone It Cracks

Accession Number: 1991.268

Catalogue Description:
Large rectangular plaque with frieze of buffalo hunt in high relief. Scene depicts four Native American hunters on horseback hunting buffalo with spears and bows, buttes in background, action moves from right to left. Forms loosely modeled. Condition: Good.

Brooklyn Museum