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The Bluffers
The Bluffers
The Bluffers

The Bluffers

Artist (American, 1864 - 1926)
Date1924, cast c. 1929-1941, lifetime cast
Mediumcast bronze
Dimensions7 1/2 x 17 x 9 inches (19.1 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number21.1.7
ClassificationsSculptures
DescriptionBuffalo bull and grizzly bear sizing each other up.
ProvenancePurchased May 1, 1961 through (Findlay Galleries Inc., Chicago, Illinois) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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