Carmen
Entry ID
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91 (31/01/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Carmen
Description of the sculpture
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A painted bust of a young woman made from calcium aluminate cement. She looks forward and her head is wrapped in a fabric headpiece. The sculpture is set in a wooden base.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Bust – Portrait
Base
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Base present - appears to be the original base
Dimensions
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Height: 50 cm
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Width: 32 cm
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Depth: 28.5 cm
Materials
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Other
Specific techniques used
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Modelling
Overall colour
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Monochrome – black
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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Adult
Status
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Free citizen
Clothing
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No clothes included (head)
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
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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
Place of production
Period of production
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Twentieth century (1900-1999)
Date of Production
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1962
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Decorative
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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BRSRW.0268
Provenance history
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1962: purchased at the RWA 110th Annual Exhibition from the artist
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Pre 1962 RWA Exhibition: in the possession of the artist
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/785, . (no date) ‘Carmen’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/786
