Portrait Plaque of Theodore Roosevelt
Portrait Plaque of Theodore Roosevelt
Artist
James Earle Fraser
(1876 - 1953)
Date1920
MediumBronze
Dimensions12 5/8 in. × 10 in. × 5/8 in. (32.1 × 25.4 × 1.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Adam D. Stolpen, 2018.18
Signedu.r.: FRASER/19©20
Accession number
2018.18
On View
Not on viewLabel TextJames Earle Fraser turned to Theodore Roosevelt as a subject throughout his career. Here, he depicts the profile of the 26th US president in low-relief bronze above the quote, “Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.” Attributed to the former president, the suggestion of what is right is left up to interpretation.
Fraser made several bronzes in tribute to the former president; however, his artistic choices often diminished Roosevelt’s problematic opinions on race and citizenship, which informed the president’s foreign and domestic policies.
La figura de Theodore Roosevelt fue un tema importante en la obra de James Earle Fraser a lo largo de su carrera. Aquí, retrata el perfil del vigésimo sexto presidente de Estados Unidos en un bajorrelieve en bronce junto a la cita: “La lucha agresiva por una causa justa es el deporte más noble del mundo”. La frase que se atribuye al expresidente deja libre la interpretación de a qué se refiere con “justa”.
Fraser realizó varios bronces como tributo al expresidente, sin embargo, sus elecciones artísticas con frecuencia atenuaron las opiniones problemáticas de Roosevelt sobre la raza y la ciudadanía, las cuales dieron forma a sus políticas nacionales e internacionales.
Inscribedl.c.: AGGRESSIVE FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT IS THE NOBLEST SPORT THE WORLD AFFORDS
verso: Dec-Arts
verso: Decorative Arts League, New York [label]
