Hélène
Entry ID
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66 (18/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Hélène
Description of the sculpture
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A bronze sculpture of Hélène Yelin. Her hair is parted in the centre with a bun at back and wears a low cut dress, off the shoulders, and both arms to the elbow; the hands clasped in front of the left breast are detached. The head is bent forward and tilted slightly to the left.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 53.4 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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Monochrome – black
Does the Black person have a specific identity?
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Identifiable: specific individual
Identity of Black person (real or fictive)
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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Wearing clothes – European/Western clothing
Evidence of enslavement
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None
Evidence of 'exotic' status
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None
Action or activity
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Not relevant (head)
Emotional state
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Calm
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking downwards
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Nineteenth century (1800-1899)
Date of Production
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1919
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Decorative
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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M.11-1931
Provenance history
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1931: gifted to Fitzwilliam Museum from A. E. Anderson
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/21, . (no date) ‘Hélène’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/565
