James Earle Fraser sculpting a Native American model, ca. 1910

Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm.

Creator: unidentified photographer

Description: Item is a copy print.
Fraser sculpting, from life, a head of a Native American man later used as the study for the Buffalo nickel. The model is seated on a table.

Copy negative donated 1990 by Eleanore Stalker Foster, along with an unrelated letter from Paul Manship to her father, Hugh Stalker. Copyprints made by SI Photo Lab. It is assumed that Foster's father was the original owner of the photograph.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous photographs collection,

Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined

Citation: James Earle Fraser sculpting a Native American model, ca. 1910 / unidentified photographer. Miscellaneous photographs collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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Digital ID: 10654

Subjects:

• American Indians in art
• Artists at or with their work
• Fraser, James Earle
• Sculptors

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