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Two bronze numbered 18/40 sculptures by famed Western art bronze sculptor Tom Knapp (1925-2016), "Mother and Child" and "Walrus". Knapp cast his bronzes in the backyard of his Buckhorn studio, as part of a neighborhood "Pour In" that was described in New Mexico Magazine. He attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. Knapp claimed that "vitality, movement, is the most important thing in sculpture, not the details." Both bronzes are marked on the side "Made especially for McAlpine Fur Company, Anchorage, Alaska" and refer to the business venture of the late Charles "Sealskin Charlie" McAlpine (1925-2016), an Alaska fur trader who not only owned his Anchorage fur and art location, but the Anchor Bar in Nome. The largest of these two fine pieces measures approximately 14.5" x 9" x 10.25" tall.