Betty (Peters)
Entry ID
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30 (10/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Betty (Peters)
Previous title(s)
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'Nude Study A (Betty Peters)' as given in Silber 1986, p. 193, cat. no. 341
Description of the sculpture
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A bronze statuette, modelled fully in the round, of Betty Peters, shown naked, lying on her back with her arms raised over her head, hands clasped.
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The sculpture has black and dark green patination.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Statue: Full-length figure (single)
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 12 cm
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Width: 71 cm
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Depth: 16 cm
Materials
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Bronze
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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Patination
Overall colour
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Polychrome
Inscriptions
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None
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
Attributes
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None
Role within sculpture
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Main protagonist
Gender
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Female
Age
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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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Naked
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Lying down
Emotional state
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Calm
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Indeterminate
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1943-45
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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L.F7.1986.0.0
Provenance history
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1986: gifted to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery from Harold F. Smith
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1986: new inward loan to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery from Harold F. Smith
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1970-1978: inward loan to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery from Harold F. Smith
Exhibition ID number
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London 1947, no. 12
Notes
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The original plaster model is in Ein Harod, Israel.
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Silber 1986 lists 6 known versions in bronze. It is unclear which of these castings equates to the current bronze.
Reference pages
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Silber 1986, p. 193, cat. no. 341
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/21, . (no date) ‘Betty (Peters)’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/328
