ROGERS JOHN The Wounded Scout

Sale 2105 - Lot 91

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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000

ONE OF ROGERS'S MOST FAMOUS GROUPS ROGERS, JOHN. The Wounded Scout. Plaster sculpture, depicting a black man holding up a wounded white soldier, 22x9x4 inches, at the base of which is the title of the piece, and "John Rogers, New York." Original taupe finish with a few tiny nicks. [New York, circa 1864]

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John Rogers (1829-1904) was a prolific and popular American sculptor. His statues, often called "Rogers groups," made fine art available to the middle class. Between 1859 and 1892 he sculpted and patented over 80 vignettes of everyday life and literary characters. The Wounded Scout is one of only a handful of Rogers pieces with Civil war themes. Most of these works are generally found re-painted.