Jud Hartmann (American, b. 1948), DEHONTSHIHGWA-EHS (The Creator's Game), Study

1992, patinated bronze, edition numbered 116/250, with signature and date on the mounded terrace, mounted upon a wood plinth, includes an acrylic gallery plaque.

26 x 11 x 11 in.

Private Collection, Richmond, Virginia

The Creator’s Game is the artist’s original model for the 16-ft. monumental bronze permanently installed at the U.S. Lacrosse headquarters/Lacrosse Hall of Fame in Sparks, Maryland. The monument is featured in USA Lacrosse History page which display’s an interesting timeline of Lacrosse. The accompanying bronze plaque reads in part: “The Game of Lacrosse was given by the Creator to the Iroquois and other native people many centuries ago. It is from the Iroquois that the modern game most directly descends. May this sculpture honor the Iroquois and the origins of lacrosse.”

Since 1983, Jud Hartmann’s primary artistic focus has been the creation of a series of limited-edition bronze sculptures entitled: The Woodland Tribes of the Northeast – the Iroquoians and Algonkians. Unlike the countless bronzes depicting the American West beginning with artists like Frederick Remington and Charlie Russell, this series represents for the first time in sculpture, an exploration of the Eastern Woodland Tribes. It is one of the most in-depth portrayals of Northeastern Indians ever done.

Good estate condition.