Sculptor - Harold Phippen
Title - Slow Gait American Saddle Horse
Lost Wax Cast Bronze
Phippen Bronze Foundry
Circa 1948
11" height by 13" length
(28cm by 33cm)
Harold Phippen was a talented sculptor; and his brother was George Phippen who helped found the Cowboy Artists of America in 1965. Harold produced some excellent bronzes, and this Hackney Stallion is one of a series of horses that he created in 1948. It was cast in the Phippen Bronze Foundry in Wakarusa, Kansas, in an edition of 30. This Stallion is a powerful model, he is shown in full gait with his mane flowing. He is finished in a dark brown black patina.
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