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CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (1861-1944)
Lot 267

CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (1861-1944)

Archery Lesson

Closed18 January 2024

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CYRUS EDWIN DALLIN (1861-1944)
Archery Lesson
inscribed 'C.E. Dallin/07.' (on the base)
bronze with brown patina
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Modeled in 1907.

Mongerson-Wunderlich Galleries, Chicago, Illinois.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1990s.

Specialist note

The Archery Lesson was originally conceived as the first prize trophy for the National Archery Association's 1907 competition in Chicago. An accomplished longbow archer himself, Dallin was a National Archery Champion in 1915 and served as president of the Association in 1919.