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The American Bison: Live and Sculpted

As the North American bison population was hunted from millions to mere hundreds by  the early 1880s, the animal captured the popular imagination as a symbol of the Old West. Sculptors produced bronze statuettes representing the bison as a metaphor for a bygone past, basing their work on direct observations from western travels as well as visits to urban zoos. Their eastern destination of choice was the Bronx Zoo, which opened to the public in 1899, and led efforts to display bison in an appropriate habitat setting and to repopulate the breed in its native West. The speakers for this event examine the impact and interconnectedness of artistic representations and conservation efforts, past and present, involving this iconic animal.

 











When: Wed., Mar. 19, 2014 at 6:00 pm
Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
212-535-7710
Price: $30
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As the North American bison population was hunted from millions to mere hundreds by  the early 1880s, the animal captured the popular imagination as a symbol of the Old West. Sculptors produced bronze statuettes representing the bison as a metaphor for a bygone past, basing their work on direct observations from western travels as well as visits to urban zoos. Their eastern destination of choice was the Bronx Zoo, which opened to the public in 1899, and led efforts to display bison in an appropriate habitat setting and to repopulate the breed in its native West. The speakers for this event examine the impact and interconnectedness of artistic representations and conservation efforts, past and present, involving this iconic animal.

 

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