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EDDIE DIXON
AMERICAN, 1950-
BRONZE 'BUFFALO SOLDIER', PRESENTED TO GENERAL POWELL BY THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, 1993
Bronze
Depicting an African American 'Buffalo' soldier holding a gun and the reins of a horse. Signed at back and numbered 3/20. On a conforming wood base with brass plaque with the title of the work 'Presented to General Colin L. Powell. US Army/by the Joint Chiefs of Staff/with respect and admiration for your inspirational leadership/24 September 1993.'

Catalogue note:
This sculpture is a reduction of a larger version of the Buffalo Soldier Monument at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. General Powell was the proponent of the monument. When he noticed there was little recognition of the 9th & 10th Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth while he was stationed there, he helped establish a campaign to raise funds for the construction of a monument. In his memoir, "My American Journey," page 268-69, he writes "I'd like to see a statue here [Ft. Leavenworth] honoring the Buffalo Soldiers... I believed I had a duty to those black troops who had eased my way. Building a memorial... became my personal crusade." In 1992 he dedicated the monument, then as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    Provenance:
  • Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
  • Dimensions:
  • Overall height: 11 3/4 in. (29.85 cm.), Width: 10 1/4 in. (26.04 cm.), bin deep
  • Artist Name:
  • EDDIE DIXON
  • Medium:
  • Bronze

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