Puma and Snakes

Arthur Putnam, American, 1873 - 1930
Alexis Rudier Fondeur, Paris

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1906

Bronze

Overall: 11 1/2 × 27 × 13 in. (29.2 × 68.6 × 33 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Peter H. Voulkos

S.2001.51.2

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Sculpture

Research Area

Sculpture

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed, on base: PUTNAM; inscribed and dated, on base: PARIS 06; inscribed, on side of base: ALEXIS RUDIER / FONDEUR PARIS

Course History

ANTH 7.5, Animals and Humans: A Beastly Experiment in Ethics, Theory & Writing, Laura Ogden, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Panama Pacific International Exhibition of 1915 (Gold Medal Winner).

The Beauty of the Bronze: Selections from the Hood Museum of Art, Gene Y. Kim Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 13, 2012-March 18, 2014.

Publication History

Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 125, no. 98.

Provenance

The Old Book Shop, Rare Books & Fine Arts, San Francisco; Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco; given to Peter H. Voulkos, Oakland, California, 2001; given to present collection, 2001.

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