Jackie Kay
Entry ID
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114 (08/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Jackie Kay
Description of the sculpture
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A bronze portrait head of the poet, playwright and novelist, Jackie Kay. The sculpture has a green patina and is displayed on a black square base.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Head
Base
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Base present - appears to be the original base
Dimensions
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Height: 32 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 – other
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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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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Twenty-first century (2000 -2099)
Date of Production
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c. 2004
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 / most recently known location
Accession number
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PG 3391
Provenance history
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2004: gifted to National Galleries of Scotland, National Portrait Gallery from New Edinburgh Ltd
Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/950, . (no date) ‘Jackie Kay’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/951
