Outside row standing horse
Woodcarver
Daniel Müller
(American, born Germany, 1872 - 1952)
Manufacturer
D.C. Müller & Bro.
(1903 - 1914)
Manufacturer
Dentzel Company
(1867 - 1928)
Dateca. 1914
MediumBasswood, paint, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 64 × 12 × 65 inches (162.56 × 30.48 × 165.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Larry and Gail Freels
Object number2017.14.2
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DescriptionThe sculpture depicts a standing horse, white with large black markings covering its body, with its proper left leg raised, and its nose lifted to be parallel with the ground, and its mouth open. The horse’s tail touches its proper right rear leg. It wears a bridle and a saddle blanket that are light blue with gold trim. The saddle itself is green and pink with similar gold trim. There is a carved fabric piece draped across its shoulders with an eagle decoration on the horse’s proper right side. The sculpture has large, black glass eyes. Beneath the saddle on both sides are rectangular iron eyelets.Provenance
Possibly D.C. Müller & Bro., Germantown, PA, about 1914;
Purchased by Dentzel Company, Philadelphia, 1925;
Purchased by Larry and Gail Freels, 1974;
Their gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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