African Girl
Entry ID
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131 (21/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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African Girl
Description of the sculpture
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A plaster bust of a young woman painted with a green hue. She is depicted bare-chested with her hair pulled back and secured to the back of her head. Around her neck she wears a triangular pendant with a floral design etched upon it.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Bust – Portrait
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 40 cm
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Width: 33 cm
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Depth: 24 cm
Materials
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Plaster
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Paint / pigment
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Polychromy
Overall colour
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Monochrome – other
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Anonymous: specific individual but not currently identifiable
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
Age
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Adolescent
Status
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Uncertain
Clothing
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Naked
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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‘Exotic’ costume/dress
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Neutral/emotionless
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking outwards (engaging viewer)
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1955
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Unknown
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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RD.15076
Provenance history
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1972: possibly formed part of a gift to Stockport Museum from artist's wife after his death
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/1087, . (no date) ‘African Girl’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/1089
