Bust
Entry ID
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117 (09/02/2022)
Formal title of the work
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Bust
Previous title(s)
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Head of Raimi
Description of the sculpture
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Cast iron portrait head of artist, writer and academic Raimi Gbadamosi. Currently rust coloured due to iron oxidation.
URLs where this is recorded/available
Type of object
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Head
Base
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No base
Dimensions
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Height: 26 cm
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Width: 17 cm
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Depth: 22 cm
Materials
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Iron
Specific techniques used
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Casting
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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Male
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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Neutral/emotionless
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Calm
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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2010
Date inferred from
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Recorded in related documentation
Commissioned for
Original purpose
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Other
Original display setting
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Secular Civic: other
Current owner
Current / most recently known location
Accession number
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2010,2042.1
Provenance history
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2010: donated by John Orna-Ornstein of the Learning and Audience Dept., British Museum
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Current rights holder
License terms for reuse
Linked resources
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
 Raimi |
Related objects | E22 Man-Made Object |
http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/962, . (no date) ‘Bust’, Black People in European Sculpture, accessed May 5, 2025, http://13.41.147.145/s/database/item/967
