End of the Trail, Finest US Lost Wax Bronze Sculpture Statue By James Earl Fraser ~ Heroic

Description

The End of the Trail, James Earle Fraser’s best known sculpture, has come to symbolize the decimation of the Native American population due to the westward expansion. In 1893, the year of the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the 15-year old Fraser, then a student of the Art Institute, produced the first version of this bronze sculpture. [The Art Institute sculpture is later modeled and cast] A melancholic commentary on the vanishing Indian, the work portrays an exhausted Sioux drooping on his equally weary pony, both rider and horse, have literally – and figuratively – have reached the end of the trail.

The regular size sculpt by James Fraser was first shown at the Pan-Pacific Exposition in 1915. A powerful and beautiful work of art that will enhance any large outdoor space, this stunning bronze was created in the lost wax bronze casting process one piece at-a-time and hand finished, each one is one of a kind and 100% bronze. This Fraser edition has outstanding detail. This Famous American Handmade Bronze Sculpture by James Earl Fraser is cast in the superior Lost Wax Casting process. This insures a quality bronze sculpture that may last forever outdoors. This statue is reproduced in the finest American bronze, finished in dark brown patina with hand-applied highlights that create natural variations in texture and color and then hand-rubbed to bring out the awesome detail and highlights, making a unique and lasting sculpture that is an original work of art. This renders that no two statues are exactly alike (see photos). Heroic size: 94 in. H x 87 in. L x 24 in. W

This statue is made to order especially for you, please allow 4-6 weeks for production and delivery. Shipping included in the price.