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ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1860-1950) Polar Bear 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high (Modeled in 1892; Cast in 1893.) image 1
ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1860-1950) Polar Bear 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high (Modeled in 1892; Cast in 1893.) image 2
ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1860-1950) Polar Bear 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high (Modeled in 1892; Cast in 1893.) image 3
ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1860-1950) Polar Bear 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high (Modeled in 1892; Cast in 1893.) image 4
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, FLORIDA
Lot 79

ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR
(1860-1950)
Polar Bear 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high

Ending from 18 November 2025, 23:59 EST
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ALEXANDER PHIMISTER PROCTOR (1860-1950)

Polar Bear
inscribed and dated 'AP PROCTOR 92' (along the base) and inscribed 'Cast by The Henry-Bonnard-Bronze Co. / New York. 1893.' (along the base)
bronze with brown patina
7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.) high
Modeled in 1892; Cast in 1893.

Footnotes

Provenance
Private collection, Palm Springs, Florida.
Estate of the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Literature
World's Columbian Exposition 1893 Official Catalogue, exhibition catalogue, Chicago, 1893, p. 13, no. 100b, monumental version listed.
Catalogue of the Canadian Art Club Second Annual Exhibition, exhibition catalogue, Toronto, 1909, n.p., no. 52, another example listed.
Exhibition of Bronzes and Plaster Models by A. Phimister Proctor, exhibition catalogue, New York, Gorham Company, 1913, another example listed.
P.H. Hassrick, Wildlife and Western Heroes: Alexander Phimister Proctor, Sculptor, Texas and London, 2003, pp. 100-01, 254, other examples listed and illustrated.

Another example of this version can be found in collection of the Whitney Western Art Museum, The Buffalo Bill Center of the West (object id. 4.08.5).

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