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)