Jaguar Lovers, 1888

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Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 37.15 × 76.2 × 48.26 cm (14 5/8 × 30 × 19 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

Accession Number

2015.19.3622

Artists / Makers

Edward Kemeys (sculptor) American, 1843 - 1907

Image Use

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Inscription

on top of base: EDWARD KEMEYS / 1888 [animal head in a circle] Original

Provenance

The artist's wife, Laura Swing Kemeys [d. 1934], Washington; purchased 1907 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Kerneys, Laura Swing

Exhibition History

1907: Memorial Exhibition of the Works in Sculpture by the late Edward Kemeys, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15-26 December 1907.

1983: American Art and the Quest for Unity: American Art Between World's Fairs 1876-1893, Detroit Institute of Arts, 24 August - 30 October 1983, no. 164, repro.

2003: Wild Life and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming, 11 October 2003 - 10 October 2004, fig. 20.

2009: American Bronzes from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 29 April 2009 - 2013, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1930: Taft, Lorado. The History of American Sculpture. New York, 1930: 47.

1984: Craven, Wayne. Sculpture in America. Newark and New York, 1984: 537-539.