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1. The boxer.
- Creator:
- Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1930s]
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 133
- Image Count:
- 6
- Resource Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Abstract:
- A full-length standing figure of a boxer carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. He incised the title "The Boxer" in the front edge of the surface on which the figure stands, and "Sept. 13th 33" and "LGBolling" on the back edge. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Wild Cat," the ring name of an unidentified boxer in Richmond, Virginia, who posed for Bolling.
- Alternative Title:
- Wild Cat.
- Description:
- Gift of Carl Van Vechten., Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), African American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia., and Title from sculpture and plate on base of sculpture.
- Subject (Name):
- Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
- Subject (Topic):
- African American boxers--Portraits, African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The boxer.
2. Woman's head.
- Creator:
- Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1930s]
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 134 (Art)
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Abstract:
- A head of a woman carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. It is unsigned and undated. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Woman's Head."
- Description:
- Gift of Carl Van Vechten., Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), African American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia., and Title from plate on base.
- Subject (Name):
- Bolling, Leslie Garland,--1898-
- Subject (Topic):
- African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Woman's head.
