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Bust of Willard Metcalf
ca. 191321 1/2 x 8 x 10 in.
Robert Ingersoll Aitken, (1878–1949)
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the artist's wife, Mrs. Henriette Metcalf.
Accession Number:
1979.7.5
Robert Aitken's request that Metcalf sit for a portrait bust was a good measure of the painter's growing professional esteem. Upon completion, the bust was shown at an exhibition of "The Ten", where it was admired.
A photograph of the clay model for the bust appeared in the article, Elizabeth Anna Semple, "Art of Robert Aitken, Sculptor," Overland Monthly LXI, no. 13 (March 1913): 219.
A photograph of the clay model for the bust appeared in the article, Elizabeth Anna Semple, "Art of Robert Aitken, Sculptor," Overland Monthly LXI, no. 13 (March 1913): 219.
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- with base Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 8 x 10 in.
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