- Titles The Savage (Indian Chief) (Title)
- Artist Frederic Remington, American, 1861 - 1909
- Medium bronze
- Dimensions 11 x 6 x 6 in. (27.9 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm)
- Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Harold E. Simon, 1964.119
- Work Type sculpture
- Classification Sculpture
- Inscription Incised on back: Frederic Remington, Roman Bronze Works, N. Y., (date illegible); proper left: copyright Frederic Remington, cast by Roman Bronze Works, N. Y.; inside of base: No. 18.
- Provenance With Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book and Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; purchased through Mrs. Earl Jackson, Mentone, Alabama as agent of purchased by Dr. Harold E. Simon (1897-1982) and Mrs. Regina P. Simon (1899-1995), Birmingham, Alabama, 1953 [see note 1]; gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 1964
1. According to a May 5, 1953 letter from Harold E. Simon, Birmingham, Alabama to Miss Wilson (Cora McDevitt Wilson), The Book and Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire. Simon purchased The Savage (1964.119) and The Sergeant (1979.285) from Wilson in 1953. See object file for 1964.119. In the letter, Simon writes, “I assume that these are both originals” and requests “any information you might have in regard to the history of these two pieces.” There is a May 12, 1953 invoice to Jackson in the object file for 1964.119, but no additional correspondence related to provenance.