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Monday, May 23, 2016

Goats Fighting

Goats Fighting

Goats Fighting

Goats Fighting

Artist: Anna Hyatt Huntington (American, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1876–1973 Redding, Connecticut)
Date: 1905, cast before 1912
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 14 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (26 x 36.4 x 19.1 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number: 12.51
For this group, also known as Goats Butting, Huntington sculpted two goats lunging together forcefully, their horns locking in combat. The rocky terrain on which they fight emphasizes the harshness of the conflict.



  The Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/12.51/

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