Q Street Buffalo
Title | Q Street Buffalo |
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Cast Number | None |
Credit Line | Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Gift of George Dupont Pratt |
Casting Date | ca. 1914 |
Detailed info
Version | First version |
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Dimensions (Length x Height x Width) |
13 3/8 x 19 12 x 9 1/4 in. |
Provenance | The artist; George Dupont Pratt, New York, NY, 1914; present owner by gift |
Acquisition Date | 1914 |
Foundry | Roman Bronze Works |
Foundry Mark | ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N.Y. |
Inscriptions | PHIMISTER / PROCTOR 1913; top left of base; |
Signature | PHIMISTER/PROCTOR |
Casting Method | Lost wax |
Model Date | 1912 |
Copyright Date | 1912 |
Accession Number | 14.565 |
Commentary | This casting has "a partly submerged bison skull with one horn showing" near back feet of buffalo. "Why he abandoned this item in later castings, however, is still a question." PH |
Record modified | 2017-06-13 |
X-ray fluoroscopy
Metallurgy | Average copper-to-zinc ratio of 50.30. Average copper-to-tin ratio of 32. Trace amounts of calcium, titanium, sulfur, chlorine, silver, chromium, and bromine are present on all sample spots. |
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