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ALLAN HOUSER (American, 1914-1994)
Estimate:
$700 - $900
Sold
$850
Live Auction
Fall Estates | December 2022
Category
Description
Little Buffalo
Bronze
1976; signed and numbered 24/100 and with stylized "S"
h. 3-3/4 w. 4-3/4 d. 2-1/8 in.
Ref. Allan Houser (HA-O-ZOUS) by Barbara H. Perlman, pg. 180: "His small bronze animal forms-buffalo, birds, horses-carved in clay and cast through the 1970s, include stylized fetishistic images, highly textured, interpenetrated with voids. Little Buffalo, 1976 ----- are primitively geometric objects, stretched into rigid, angular stances and patterned with deep strokes, serrations and revelatory openings."
Bronze
1976; signed and numbered 24/100 and with stylized "S"
h. 3-3/4 w. 4-3/4 d. 2-1/8 in.
Ref. Allan Houser (HA-O-ZOUS) by Barbara H. Perlman, pg. 180: "His small bronze animal forms-buffalo, birds, horses-carved in clay and cast through the 1970s, include stylized fetishistic images, highly textured, interpenetrated with voids. Little Buffalo, 1976 ----- are primitively geometric objects, stretched into rigid, angular stances and patterned with deep strokes, serrations and revelatory openings."
Condition
Appears in excellent condition, minor casting imperfection at snout, visible in image #4
Provenance
Private collection of a Fairfield, CT gentleman
