Indian and Explorer, Thomas Hart Benton; Elden C. Tefft

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Thomas Hart Benton; Elden C. Tefft, Indian and Explorer
Thomas Hart Benton; Elden C. Tefft, Indian and Explorer
Thomas Hart Benton , Elden C. Tefft
Indian and Explorer
1960
Thomas Hart Benton, artist
1889–1975
Elden C. Tefft, caster
1919–2015
Indian and Explorer, 1960
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: bronze
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 47.7 x 38.1 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 18 3/4 x 15 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Elizabeth M. Watkins Fund
Accession number: 1960.0036
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "This Land," Mar-2014, Kate Meyer Benton sculpted clay models in preparation for many of his paintings, including his murals for the New York Power Authority at Niagara Falls. KU Chancellor Franklin Murphy (1916-1994) encouraged Benton to cast his clay figures of the Indian and Explorer from his St. Lawrence-Franklin D. Roosevelt Power Project murals in bronze. The bronze suggests the 1534 meeting between French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) and a representative of the Iroquois people who inhabited the Saint Lawrence River region Cartier “discovered” and claimed for France.