The Invocation
Artist
Buck McCain
(American, born 1943)
Foundry
Shidoni Foundry
(1971 - 2022)
Date2003, modeled in 1990
Mediumbronze
Dimensions163 x 54 x 114 inches (414 x 137.2 x 289.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2003
Object number21.33.1
ClassificationsSculptures
Label TextThe Invocation stands near the entrance of the Stark Museum of Art. This monumental sculpture portrays a Plains Indian lifting a buffalo skull in prayer. He asks for the preservation of his people. According to the artist, the sculpture also shows "the moment when human aspiration soars and we rise above our daily lives."
ProvenancePurchased June 23, 2003 through (Joe Wade Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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