Artist | Cyrus Dallin |
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Year | 1899 |
Type | Bronze |
Dimensions | 240 cm (96 in) |
Location | Philadelphia |
Owner | City of Philadelphia Fairmont Park Commission |
The Medicine Man is a bronze equestrian statue by Cyrus E. Dallin. It is located in Fairmount Park, Dauphin Street, west of 33rd Street, Philadelphia.[1]
It was cast in 1899. It was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1899, and Exposition Universelle (1900), Paris, where it won a gold medal.[2] It was purchased by the Fairmount Park Art Association for $6,000. It was dedicated on December 10, 1903. [3]
A reduced edition was produced by the Gorham Foundry;[4] an example is in the Amon Carter Museum.[5]