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CSA CURRENCY, SILVER & 1 GOLD
CSA CURRENCY, SILVER & 1 GOLD COINTwo framed Confederate States America currency bills, one dollar and one hundred dollars, Richmond issues, framed together, 12 1/8" H x 12 5/8" W frame. Together with group of silver coins: 4 US Silver Morgan One Dollar coins dated 1879, 1882, 1886, and 1902; 3 US Half Dollars dated 1899, 1906, and 1914; 3 US Barber Quarter Dollars dated 1899 and 1900 (2); 2 Standing Liberty Quarter Dollars with unreadable dates; 6 US Dimes: 1 Seated Liberty dated 1891 and 5 Barber dimes dated 1899, 1905, 1914 (2), and 1915; 1 India-British coin with image worn and unreadable date. (Morgan Silver Dollars weigh 3.42 oz troy and all other coins weigh 2.655 oz troy). Last item - 1 gold Indian Head 2 1/2 dollar coin dated 1914. 20 coins total.Provenance: Forest Heights, Knoxville, TN collection.
Condition:
The CSA currency is circulated and has some tears at the corners, a few edge folds, and toning. The Morgan Silver Dollar dated 1879 is enclosed in a plastic case and has some minor scratches on each side, but maintains very good details and coloring. The Morgan Silver Dollar dated 1882 is enclosed in a cardboard coin holder and has good details and some discoloration. The other two Morgan Silver Dollars are well-circulated, but good details although highly discolored. The Indian Head Gold Coin is in a small padded box and is almost uncirculated with minimum wear, very good details, very minor scratches and maintains good coloring. All other coins in the lot are well-circulated, worn and discolored.
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JAMES EARLE FRASER, WHITE EAGLE,
JAMES EARLE FRASER, WHITE EAGLE, 1919, 1967James Earle Fraser, (1876 - 1953) White Eagle, 1919, 1967, bronze, edition 7 inscribed at base: J. E. FRASER #7 © S. U.; Modern Art Fdry N.Y. *The original plasters for these sculptures were bequeathed to Syracuse University by the estate of Laura Gardin Fraser, the widow of James Earle Fraser. Her Estate authorized limited castings to be made from these original plasters. James Earle Fraser worked as an assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the Sherman Monument (1892 - 1903), for the Grand Army Plaza in New York. His sculptural entries in major early twentieth century expositions, such as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and the 1939 New York World's Fair, earned him medals, as well as public and critical acclaim. The design of the Indian head and buffalo nickel for the United States Treasury in 1912, the figure of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback for the entry to the American Museum of Natural History, and numerous other public sculptures, including the Department of the Treasury, the Commerce Building, the National Archives, and the Supreme Court, in Washington D.C., are among the sculptor's most notable public commissions. The sculptor was also one of the organizers of and contributors to the famous, avant-garde International Exhibition of Modern Art, known as the Armory Show, of 1913. bronze, edition 7 Dimensions: 14 x 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (35.6 x 21.6 x 29.2 cm.) Provenance: Comparative
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JAMES EARLE FRASER, END OF THE
JAMES EARLE FRASER, END OF THE TRAIL, 1915, 1967James Earle Fraser, (1876 - 1953) End of the Trail, 1915, 1967, bronze, edition 17 inscribed at base: FRASER #17 / SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY The original plasters for these sculptures were bequeathed to Syracuse University by Laura Gardin Fraser, the widow of James Earle Fraser. Her Estate authorized limited castings to be made from these original plasters. James Earle Fraser worked as an assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the Sherman Monument (1892 - 1903), for the Grand Army Plaza in New York. His sculptural entries in major early twentieth century expositions, such as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and the 1939 New York World's Fair, earned him medals, as well as public and critical acclaim. The design of the Indian head and buffalo nickel for the United States Treasury in 1912, the figure of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback for the entry to the American Museum of Natural History, and numerous other public sculptures, including the Department of the Treasury, the Commerce Building, the National Archives, and the Supreme Court, in Washington D.C., are among the sculptor's most notable public commissions. The sculptor was also one of the organizers of and contributors to the famous, avant-garde International Exhibition of Modern Art, known as the Armory Show, of 1913. Fraser's most acclaimed sculpture neither evokes his European academic training, nor the influence of the East Coast cities where he worked; End of the Trail is a romanticized and nostalgic image of the vanishing West. It is a powerful yet poetic work that is resoundingly clear in its sympathy to the subject matter. While in Paris he had worked on the theme ( the plaster is now lost) and the work was awarded a gold medal in 1910. By the end of 1913, he had cemented his vision of "an Indian on a horse" and the work was accepted for the Pan Pacific exhibition which opened in February 1915 in San Francisco. End of the Trail was awarded the gold medal as the outstanding sculptural work at the fair. This monumental plaster, which measures eighteen feet high, (National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City) was subsequently cast for sites in public parks, in Wisconsin and California. This image was so popular that the artist issued reductions in various sizes and all were cast at the Roman Bronze works foundry. Fraser at his death bequeathed all of his models and archives to the Syracuse University and they were permitted by the Estate to cast posthumous bronzes from the artist's original plasters. bronze, edition 17 Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 12 in. (31.8 x 8.9 x 30.5 cm.) Provenance: Comparative
