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The Soul of Contentment (Black Bear)
Edward Kemeys · Modeled 1886, cast 1886–99
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925</em>, Dec. 18, 2013–Apr. 13, 2014, cat. 24; Denver Art Museum, May 9–Aug. 31, 2014; China, Nanjing Museum, Sept. 29, 2014–Jan. 18, 2015 (New York and Denver only).
Literature
Published references
- George Eggers, <em>Handbook of Sculpture, Architecture, Paintings, and Drawings: Part I: Architecture and Sculpture</em>, part 1 (Art Institute of Chicago, 1920), 78, cat. 931.
- Thayer Tolles, et al., <em>The American West in Bronze, 1850–1925</em>, exh. cat. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013), cat. 24.
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