Bust
- Title:
- Edward Tuck
- Object Name:
- Bust
- Object ID:
- 1959.018
- Creator:
- Lejeune, Louis Aime (1884-1969)
- Date:
- 1924
- Description:
- Bust of Edward Tuck, by Louis Aime Lejeune (1884-1969), 1924. Terra cotta. Half life-size bust of man; shoulders truncated at ends; no circular base; hollow. Pupils and iris of eyes defined. Prominent eyebrows and mustache. Wearing shirt with upright collar turned down at front, necktie, and collarless outer garment with button or pin at his left. Inscribed on surface on truncated end at subject's left, in upper case letters: "L.A. LEJEUNE / MCMXXIV," above which is written in pencil: "Edward Tuck / by". Two paper labels with handwritten accession information attached to rough interior surface. Seam visible at back.
- Material:
- Terra cotta
- Dimensions:
- H-10 W-7.3 D-5.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Apparently a cast of a study for the life-size bronze bust of Edward Tuck completed by Lejeune the following year.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of E. John Heidsieck
- People:
- Tuck, Edward (1842-1938)
- Subjects:
- Tuck, Edward, Sculpture
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