End of the Trail

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End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.

Observed surface forms (3)


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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture
equestrian statue
indoor sculpture
outdoor sculpture
outdoor sculpture
artist James Earle Fraser NERFINISHED
artisticTheme heroic defeat
melancholy
tragedy of Native American history
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
creator James Earle Fraser NERFINISHED
dateCreated 1915
depicts displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States
exhausted horse
suffering of Indigenous peoples in the United States
weary Native American warrior
genre Western art
hasCulturalImpact iconic image of the American West
widely reproduced in prints and souvenirs
hasPart drooping horse
mounted warrior
hasVersion National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
surface form: End of the Trail (National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum)

End of the Trail (Waupun)
inception 1915
influencedBy United States–Native American wars
surface form: Indian Wars

U.S. westward expansion
languageOfWorkOrName English
location National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Waupun, Wisconsin
locationCity Oklahoma City NERFINISHED
locationCountry United States of America NERFINISHED
materialUsed bronze
bronze
movement American Western sculpture
notableWorkOf James Earle Fraser NERFINISHED
originalExhibitionLocation San Francisco, California NERFINISHED
originallyExhibitedAt Panama–Pacific International Exposition NERFINISHED
originalMaterial plaster
subject Native American man
horse
symbolizes end of the frontier
exhaustion and defeat
forced migration of Native Americans
loss of Indigenous homelands
title End of the Trail self-link
unveiled 1929

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Earle Fraser creatorOf End of the Trail
August Macke notableWork End of the Trail
this entity surface form: Indian on a Horse
James Earle Fraser notableWork End of the Trail
End of the Trail title End of the Trail self-link