Woodrow Wilson

Object Details

Exhibition Label: Born Staunton, Virginia; After telling the president, “it takes two to make a bust,” the sculptor Jo Davidson asked Woodrow Wilson to sit on the back of an armchair, close the book he was reading, and chat. One reviewer, who deemed this bust “a perfect likeness,” also commended Davidson for capturing “all the firmness of the face, without any of that sourness by which some artists unconsciously and mistakenly make people think they would not care to know President Wilson personally.”; Nacido en Staunton, Virginia; Después de decirle “se necesitan dos para hacer un busto”, el escultor Jo Davidson le pidió a Woodrow Wilson sentarse en el espaldar de una butaca y que cerrara el libro que estaba leyendo para que charlara con él. Un crítico que describió este busto como “un retrato perfecto” también elogió a Davidson por captar “toda la firmeza del semblante sin nada de esa acritud que le dan algunos artistas quienes inconscientes y erróneamente, dan a pensar a la gente que no sería agradable conocer en persona al presidente Wilson”.
Provenance: Morris P. Leibovitz [1917-1992]; gift to NPG 1977

Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dr. Maury Leibovitz

1919

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 39.8 x 19.3 x 23.3 cm (15 11/16 x 7 5/8 x 9 3/16" ), without base

National Portrait Gallery

Topic: Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Necktie; Woodrow Wilson: Male; Woodrow Wilson: Law and Law Enforcement\Lawyer; Woodrow Wilson: Literature\Writer; Woodrow Wilson: Education\Educator\Professor\University; Woodrow Wilson: Education\Administrator\University\President; Woodrow Wilson: Politics and Government\President of US; Woodrow Wilson: Politics and Government\Governor\New Jersey; Woodrow Wilson: Nobel Prize; Portrait

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