Locked in Death (Bear and Panther)

Arts of the Americas

Modeled 1896, cast 1896–99

Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907)

While working in the engineering corps in New York’s Central Park, Edward Kemeys observed an artist at work in the zoo and was subsequently inspired to pursue animal sculpture. In 1872–73 he made his first of several trips west, living with Native Americans and trappers, and he based his work on his hunts and studies of wild animals in their natural habitats. Kemeys’s sculptures express the newly developed national interest in the extinction of certain species of wildlife, which were already endangered by westward expansion.

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Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Edward Kemeys (Sculptor)
Title: Locked in Death (Bear and Panther)
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Modeled 1896
Medium: Bronze with brown patina
Dimensions: 17.8 × 34.3 × 16.5 cm (7 × 13 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Margaret S. Watson
Reference Number: 1899.39
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