Menelik II of Abyssinia, mold

Item

Identifier

2006.223

Is Part Of

Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University

Creator

Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller

Subject

Sculpture Mold, Portrait

Title

Menelik II of Abyssinia, mold

Date

1914

Material

Plaster

Physical Description

Mold release agent

Description

Seated man in imperial Ethiopian crown and robe holding scepter in three-fourths view facing left.

Condition

Fair: Intrinsic holes on lettering from artist process. Parallel line texturing ( ~ 3mm pitch) appears in upper left side and bottom center. Generalized brownish discoloration scattered about the bottom half. Plaster accretions to vertical lines of robe. Edges have slight chipping. Large chip to lower edge and upper right corner. Letters starting at end of date (artist name and date) intentionally obliterated by artist.

Provenance

Gift of the Meta V. W. Fuller Trust

Location

Fuller Gallery 204 Studio (Meta Fuller 3, Drawer 3)