FREDDA BRILLANT ORIGINAL PLASTER OF MR. MEL PRICE A SOUTHERN IL CONGRESSMAN.G.

MRS FREDDA BRILLANT(ENGLISH/AMERICAN 20TH C SCULPTOR & ACTRESS) DID THIS PLASTER COPY OF CONGRESSMAN MEL PRICE OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IN THE 1980'S. THIS MODEL WAS TO BE USED FOR THE BRONZE CASTING OF THE SUBJECT, BUT THE CASTING DID NOT OCCUR. MRS. BRILLANT COMMENTED IN HER CATALOGUE RANSOMME P. 98(FREDDA BRILLANT BIOGRAPHIES OF BRONZE) THAT THIS BRONZE OF CONGRESSMAN MEL PRICE WAS HER & HER HUSBANDS THANKS FOR GETTING THE BRILLANTS WORK PERMITS SO THAT THE BRILLANTS COULD TAKE UP REGULAR EMPLOYMENT IN THE USA. THIS SCULPTURE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE PLACED IN THE US CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON DC. SINCE MR. PRICE WAS CHAIRMAN OF 2 IMPORTANT COMMITTEES & MRS BRILLANT HAD OTHER WORKS, IT TOOK NEARLY 2 YEARS TO FINISH MEL PRICE'S SCULPTURE. THE LARGE SCULPTER  STANDS 23in. IN HT., W: 10in., & L: 18in.. THE SCULPTURE IS SIGNED ON THE BACK FREDDA BRILLANY 1980. SOME MINOR AGE IMPERFECTIONS TO THE CASTING. THIS SCULPTURE CAME FROM THE ARTISTS ESTATE. ANY QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW. I HAVE ALSO LISTED WORKS OF FREDDA BRILLANT OF NITA MASSINE, ALSO A ONE OF A KIND BRONZE SCULPTURE. ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU.
 
RICHARD WASKOW

 
 
Product Number: 2657