Monekana

Date: 2001
 * [[image:https://s3.amazonaws.com/saam.media/files/styles/x_large/s3/images/2002/2002.3_3a.jpg?itok=KZ-dgtw4 width="400" height="267" link="@https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/monekana-71406"]] || Title: **Monekana**

Artist: **Deborah Butterfield** Born: San Diego, California 1949

Medium: bronze Dimensions: 96 x 129 1/2 x 63 1/2 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the American Art Forum, Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Rushing, Shelby and Frederick Gans and museum purchase

Accession: 2002.3 || The majestic bronze sculpture is the largest ever created by [Deborah Butterfield], who has established an international reputation for her evocative works, particularly those depicting horses. Cast from fragments of Hawaiian Ohea wood, the sculpture is a tour-de-force example of Butterfield's ability to capture the texture and color of the original materials in bronze. The title comes from the Hawaiian word for "Montana," as Butterfield teaches sculpture at Motana State University in Bozeman.
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Butterfield Article Packet Butterfield Info Packet
 * Resources: **

Deborah Butterfield on Horses in Art and Life - Video

About the Artist Biographical Information from AskART.com <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">SAAAM Collections Page
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