Allan Houser Marble Sculpture - Two Figures

Name: Allan Houser Marble Sculpture - Two Figures
Brand: Allan Houser
Price: 35000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Wonderful sculpture of two figures by Native American artist Allan Houser (1914-1994). The work is in excellent condition and measures 19 1/2"h x 12"w x 9"deep. His signature is seen at the lower edge on the back. Born on the family farm near Apache, Oklahoma, Allan Houser became one of the Southwest's most famous and financially successful twentieth-century sculptors, known for his abstract Indian subjects.In 1993, the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, opened a sculpture garden in his honor. Houser was the grandson of the chief who served as Geronimo's interpreter and a great nephew of the Apache Chief, Geronimo. Houser had the Apache name of "Haozous", translated in English as 'The Sound of Pulling Roots'. At age 20, he left the family farm to enroll in the Santa Fe Indian Art School founded by Dorothy Dunn. He said because it was free, it was the only art school an Indian could afford. His talent was soon recognized, and the first year of his enrollment he was named the school's outstanding artist. He began his art career as a muralist and painter and then focused on stone and wood carving and sculpting in steel and bronze. He worked in Santa Fe from 1936 to 1938, the only Indian specializing in sculpture, and he also painted murals in Washington D.C for the Department of the Interior; Fort Sill, Arkansas; and Riverside, California. As a painter, he did the official portrait of Stuart Udall, Secretary of the Interior and Apache Chief Geronimo for the Arizona State Capitol Building in Phoenix. In 1948, he won a scholarship to the Haskell Institute in Kansas, followed by a Guggenheim Fellowship. There he did his first large sculpture, Comrades in Mourning. Carved from marble, it is eight-feet tall and weighs four and a half tons and remains at the Institute. From 1951 to 1975, he taught art in Indian Schools, and also served as instructor at the Institute of American Arts. From 1962, he lived in Santa Fe from where his work was collected all over the United States. The Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, has one of the largest collections of his sculpture.

Creator:

Allan Houser (Sculptor)

Dimensions:

Height: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 9 in (22.86 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Marble

Period:

Late 20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

Circa 1980's

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