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GUTZON BORGLUM
 This historically significant sculpture is a deep-relief bust rendering of George Washington's head by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor who created the Mount Rushmore National Monument. It's an exceptional and very important piece of Americana that was probably used as a study for the Washington sculpture on the monument and displays the skill and detail, in small scale, that Borglum put into America's "shrine of democracy".
 Original art signed "Gutzon Borglum/Rushmore" on verso. 4¼x5x2 sculpture mounted on 8x9¼x¼ brown velvet-covered wood board. This is a deep-relief rendering of George Washington's head by the sculptor who created the Mount Rushmore National Monument. Based on the "Rushmore" notation on the back of the bust, it was probably a study that Borglum used for the Washington sculpture on the monument. Though a small piece, this sculpture is filled with subtle details breathe life and humanity - and dignity - into both the piece and its subject. This is an important piece of Americana and an excellent exhibition of Borglum's skills. Borglum (1867-1941, born John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum in St. Charles, Idaho), already famous for creating the great head of Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, was commissioned to begin work on a "shrine of democracy" in 1927. After selecting Mount Rushmore as its site, he began work on 60-foot-high heads of Presidents George Washington (unveiled in 1930), Thomas Jefferson (1936), Abraham Lincoln (1937) and Theodore Roosevelt (1939), chosen to represent epic symbols of America. Borglum, who developed innovative stone-working methods to accomplish the massive project, died in 1941, leaving his son Lincoln to complete the finishing details. Sculpture is stained and discolored, with two visible vertical scratches. Velvet on mounting is worn. Otherwise in fine condition.

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