Still Hunt
1894
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
22 1/8 x 28 in. (56.2 x 71.1 cm) Framed: 25 3/8 × 31 3/8 × 3 1/8 in., 51 lb. (64.5 × 79.7 × 7.9 cm, 23.1 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1972
Accession Number
1972.54
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Still Hunt**, a captivating bronze sculpture by Edward Kem from 1894, captures tense moment of a predator poised for action. Measuring 22 1/8 x 28 inches, this American work exemplifies Kemeys's mastery in depicting wildlife with lifelike intensity. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing, it reflects the late 19th-century fascination with the American wilderness, acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1972. Kemeys, often hailed as the pioneer of American animal sculpture, inspiration from his deep observations of animals in zoos and the wild, blending European animalier tradi...