[Sculptor Jo Davidson with his sculptures of Henry Wallace and Franklin D. Roosevelt]
Photograph
[Sculptor Jo Davidson with his sculptures of Henry Wallace and Franklin D. Roosevelt]
A PLASTIC HISTORY of our time consisting of portrait busts, statues and sketch models to monuments by Jo Davidson, famous American sculptor, will be open to the public until February 1 under the joint sponsorship of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters at the Academy Gallery, 633 W. 155th Street. Davidson, "the biographer in bronze," who has modeled more illustrious people than any other sculptor in history, is shown with his newly completed bust of Henry Wallace.
1947
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 11/16 × 9 5/8 in. (19.5 × 24.4 cm)
Paper: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Gift of Richard E. Kremer, M.D. and Andrea M. Kremer, Ph.D., 2025
2026.0001.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TRC: JO DAVIDSON [underlined]
Printed in black on news clipping adhered to verso, TC: A PLASTIC HISTORY of our time consisting of portrait busts, statues and sketch models to monuments by Jo \ Davidson, famous American sculptor, will be open to the public until February 1 under the joint sponsorship \ of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters at the Academy \ Gallery, 633 W. 155th St. Davidson, "the biographer in bronze," who has modeled more illustrious people than \ any other sculptor in history, is shown with his newly completed bust of Henry Wallace. \ Photo by Ray Platnick
Stamped in red on verso, BC: USED \ DEC 7-1947
Stamped in black on verso, BRC: 14729
Printed in black on news clipping adhered to verso, TC: A PLASTIC HISTORY of our time consisting of portrait busts, statues and sketch models to monuments by Jo \ Davidson, famous American sculptor, will be open to the public until February 1 under the joint sponsorship \ of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters at the Academy \ Gallery, 633 W. 155th St. Davidson, "the biographer in bronze," who has modeled more illustrious people than \ any other sculptor in history, is shown with his newly completed bust of Henry Wallace. \ Photo by Ray Platnick
Stamped in red on verso, BC: USED \ DEC 7-1947
Stamped in black on verso, BRC: 14729
