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Grizzly Bear Sitting
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Edward Kemeys modeled many sculptures of the black and grizzly bears that he saw on his travels in the American West. He portrayed each animal’s formidable power while also capturing a lighter, more playful side to its character. In this way, Kemeys created a fiction in which wild animals were transformed into approachable, friendly creatures.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGrizzly Bear Sitting. ca. 1871-1894. Edward Kemeys, born Savannah, GA 1843-died Washington, DC 1907. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist. CC0.
