Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 118

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
(ART.) Hardison, Inge. Group of 3 busts of historic figures: Benjamin Banneker, Charles Richard Drew, and Matthew Henson. Three bronze-finished plaster castings with original label stickers, each about 8 inches tall; chip in base of Henson bust, otherwise condition strong. Frankfort, KY: Old Taylor Company, 1967-8
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Part of a well-known series of sculpted busts of noted African-Americans. The sculptor Ruth Inge Hardison (1914-2016) was a founder of the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Included are busts of almanac author Benjamin Banneker physician Charles Richard Drew, who set up the first blood bank during World War Two Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, the first to reach the North Pole.