Peaceful Serenity
Allan C. Houser, Chiricahua Apache / American, 1914 - 1994
Chiricahua Apache
Apache
Southwest
1992
Bronze plated steel
6/6
Overall: 74 × 36 × 17 in. (188 × 91.4 × 43.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Mary Alice Kean Raynolds and David R. W. Raynolds, Class of 1949
© Chiinde LLC
2007.56
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Native American
Sculpture
Native American: Southwest
On view
Course History
SART 16, Sculpture I, Matt Seigle, Spring 2022
SART 16.01, Sculpture I, William Ransom, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
Museum of New Mexico, Museum of Fine Arts, displayed in the St. Francis Auditorium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 30-August 31, 2006.
Public Art, near Sherman House, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2007.
Publication History
Brian P. Kennedy and Emily Shubert Burke, Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2009, p.120, no.95.
George P. Horse Capture, Sr., Joe D. Horse Capture, Joseph M. Sanchez, et al., Native American Art at Dartmouth: Hightlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2011, frontispiece and ill. p. 21.
Michael R. Taylor and Gerald Auten, In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2013, ill. p. 9, fig. 15
Public Art at Dartmouth, A Walking Tour of the Public Sculpture Collection on Campus (brochure), Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2014, p. 1.
Published References
W. Jackson Rushing III, Allan Houser, An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994), New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004, p. 151, 174; 175.
Provenance
The artist; Allan Houser, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico; sold to present collection, 2007.
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