Circa 1930 Bronze Bas-Relief Portrait Plaque (Helen Keller) by C. Warner Williams - Gorham Founders

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For Sale is a Magnificent Bas-Relief Profile Portrait Plaque of a woman in Bronze.
The woman is Helen Keller.
The … Read more For Sale is a Magnificent Bas-Relief Profile Portrait Plaque of a woman in Bronze.
The woman is Helen Keller.
The Sculpture was created by Charles Warner Williams (1903 - 1982) in circa 1930.
It was made by Gorham & Co. Founders. OGTD
This plaque measures approximately 14" wide x 17" high x 1" deep.
I don't have a scale so I am guessing it weighs approximately 35 pounds.
This is a Fine Art Bronze Sculpture that is Substantially in weight and size.

C. Warner Williams' more famous commissions include bas-relief of John F. Kennedy, Leopold Stokowski, Thomas Edison, George Ade, Mark Twain, John T. MeCutcheon, Pope Paul XXIII, John Wayne, and Stan Musial, among many others.

He spent several years studying at Chicago’s Art Institute under an honors scholarship. By 1930, Williams was known as “the Hoosie sculptor” for his work in the state, which included designing the best-selling medallions for the Indiana Sesquicentennial Medallion and the fiftieth running of the Indianapolis 500. In Illinois, he was commissioned to create murals and sculptures for the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933. He won the City of Chicago prize in 1931 and the Daughters of Indiana prize in 1939.
Mr. Williams' commissioned sculptures forms were only used once and then set aside.
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