Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907)
Locked in Death (Deer and Panther)
INV-5669
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907)Modeled 1896, cast 1896–99
Locked in Death (Deer and Panther)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) →sculptureamerican arts
Date
Modeled 1896, cast 1896–99
Medium
Bronze with brown patina
Dimensions
17.8 × 34.3 × 16.5 cm (7 × 13 1/2 × 6 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Margaret S. Watson
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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