Nelson Mandela
Entry ID
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104 (03/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Nelson Mandela
Description of the sculpture
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Bronze half-length figure of Nelson Mandela, President of the Republic of South Africa, anti-apartheid revolutionary and philanthropist. This is a cast from 2008 and based on a work of 2001. The 2001 sculpture was modelled from life over a course of two weeks.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Statue: Half-length figure (single)
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 68.5 cm
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Width: ? cm
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Depth: ? 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 – brown
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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Male
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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Noble/proud
Focus of gaze of Black person
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Looking upwards
Sculptural context
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No location included/implied
Sculptor
Place of production
Period of production
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Twenty-first century (2000 -2099)
Date of Production
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2008
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Original purpose
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Commemorative
Original display setting
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Unknown
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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6868
Provenance history
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2009: purchased by the National Portrait Gallery
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/883, . (no date) ‘Nelson Mandela’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/885
