Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944) Appeal to the Great Spirit inscribed '© C.E. Dallin 1913' (on the base), stamped 'Gorham Co Founders / QXC' and numbered '#177' (along the base) bronze with dark brown patina 8 3/4in high Modeled in 1913. Footnotes: Provenance Private collection, Florida. Literature P.J. Broder, Bronzes of the American West, New York, 1973, pp. 94, 98, pl. 96, other examples illustrated. K. Ahrens, Cyrus E. Dallin: His Small Bronzes and Plasters, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1995, no. 9, pp. 45-50, 106, other examples illustrated. Appeal to the Great Spirit, Cyrus Dallin's fourth equestrian subject in his iconic cycle of the American Indian, was cast in three sizes by Gorham Founders, including 283 casts in the present work's smallest size.