Savage Augusta Carved wooden bust portrait

Sale 1998 - Lot 84

Price Realized: $ 8,625

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000

Savage, Augusta. Carved wooden bust portrait of an unidentified gentleman, sculpted in relief, 83/4x83/4x1 inch; Signed in the lower right. Np, circa 1935-40

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Augusta Savage (1900-1962) is perhaps the best-known African-American sculptress of the 20th century. Her works, generally in bronze, as quite scarce.