Fawn 1923 - 1927

Anna Hyatt Huntington made this bronze sculpture, "Fawn", at an unknown date. You can almost feel the cool smoothness of the metal, but also the roughness of the fawn’s fur. I love the gesture, how the fawn is bent over, caught in a moment of grazing or drinking. Huntington’s work reminds me a bit of Rosa Bonheur, another animalier sculptor who really understood animal anatomy and movement. You can see how Huntington really studied deer; she's captured a sense of their delicate beauty and vulnerability. I imagine her in her studio, clay in hand, watching fawns in the field, trying to capture that perfect, fleeting pose. Each mark of her hand, each subtle shift in the clay, building up this little creature. It's like she's not just sculpting a deer, but a whole feeling, an essence of wildness and grace. Artists are always looking at each other, learning, riffing, and responding.