SPOKANE, Wash. — The Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC) announced that it will unveil a one-of-a-kind equine sculpture by internationally renowned Montana-based artist Deborah Butterfield during a public reception this week.
Recently donated by the Knox family of Spokane, the MAC says the work marks a significant addition to the museum’s permanent art collection and will be installed prominently in the MAC’s main lobby.
Completed in 1996, the untitled sculpture displays the artist’s signature bronze casting of a horse, originally sculpted with driftwood. Cast at the Walla Walla Foundry, widely recognized as the premier foundry for contemporary art in the United States, the piece exemplifies Butterfield’s iconic approach to form, material and presence…