Chiricahua Apache Bronze Sculpture “Little Buffalo” by Allan Houser [SOLD]

This small bronze casting by Allan Houser was cast in 1976 in an edition of 100. This one is number 44 of 100. It is signed A. Houser and numbered on the base. The long tear drop in the body is an opening through the bronze. The bronze is in original excellent condition with the exception of a couple minor scratches.

Houser is rightfully honored as the patriarch of Native American contemporary fine art. He single handedly transformed Native American sculpture into the modern era while keeping the subject matter traditional and true to Native culture. He was a master in sculpture—stone, marble, limestone, alabaster, fabricated steel, plaster, clay and bronze—and a master of wood carving, drawing and painting. There was no limit to the art mediums that he pursued.

Houser won nearly every prestigious art award there is, including the American Indian Resources Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award and France's Palmes d'Academique. His "Offering to the Great Spirit," installed in the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York in 1985, became a worldwide symbol of peace: a medicine man offering a pipe to the Great Spirit, arms outstretched toward the sky, humbly yet proudly asking for peace and freedom. In 1992, Houser was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George Bush, the first Native American to receive this country's highest art award. (Eiteljorg Museum)