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AMERICA: WILL ROGERS, BRONZED-METAL, AFTER THE ORIGINAL BY JO DAVIDSON (1883-1952); TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION MEMORABILIA RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

LATE 20TH CENTURY

Name: AMERICA: WILL ROGERS, BRONZED-METAL, AFTER THE ORIGINAL BY JO DAVIDSON (1883-1952); TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION MEMORABILIA RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Brand: LATE 20TH CENTURY
Price: 1100.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 1,375

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AMERICA: WILL ROGERS, BRONZED-METAL, AFTER THE ORIGINAL BY JO DAVIDSON (1883-1952); TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION MEMORABILIA RELATING TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

LATE 20TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 1,375

The figure signed in the cast and titled 'WILL ROGERS/1879-1935' on a pink granite plinth with brass plaque 'PRESENTED TO LADY MARGARET THATCHER BY GOVERNOR DAVID WALTERS, MARCH 25. 1993, also inscribed 'Authorized by/Will Rogers Memorial Commission/by John Gooden/after Jo Davidson © 1992 MWT Corp'; together with a framed caricature print; a Wedgwood jasperware pin tray with profile relief of Ronald Reagan; a glass box etched with 'THE STATE OF TEXAS'; a brass desk compass, engraved 'COVEY LEADERSHIP CENTRE...' a table top United States flag
The sculpture: 13 in. (33 cm.) high; the framed print 11⅛ in. (28.2 cm.) high; 19 in. (48.3 cm.) wide

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A large scale version of the bronze stands in the National Statuary Hall Collection, U.S. Capitol building, Washington, D.C.