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Quarter scale plaster sculpture of Henry Ford with a light brown shellac.

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Plaster quarter scale Henry Ford coated in a light brown shellac.

"A statue in memory of Henry Ford, intended for the grounds of the Henry Ford Centenial Library in Dearborn and completed in 1975, presented a quite different problem. A statue…

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Gouache and charcoal on board
24" x 32"

The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such…

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Full-scale brown patina bronze head and neck of Henry Ford. Mounted on a black marble base.

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Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold depicting the Ford Empire section of the four reliefs.

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Henry Ford Memorial section Ford Cars, rubber mold with no plaster mother mold.

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Plaster and rubber mold with metal supports on the back of the mold. A plaster positive has been poured into this mold.

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Plaster mother mold with inner rubber mold for the Formative Years relief for the Henry Ford Memorial.

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One of 4 reliefs for the Ford Memorial. This one is "Childhood" and is a plaster mother mold with rubber inner mold.

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Plaster mother molds with rubber inner mold for Full-Scale model of Henry Ford.

Right leg back
Right leg front
Left leg back
Left leg front
Torso back
Torso front
Head back
Head front
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