Apache Agua Caliente
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Diam.: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Classification
medal
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
143493
Art Historical Context
Created in 1908 by Edward Warren Sawyer, *Apache Agua Caliente* is a small bronze medal measuring just .4 centimeters across. This compact format was well suited to the medal tradition, allowing detailed sculptural work to produced in a portable, durable object that could be collected or displayed like a coin. As part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Arts of the Americas collection, the piece reflects early twentieth-century American interest in subjects drawn from the western United States. Bronze medals of this period often served both artistic and commemorative purposes, preserving likene...