Bidspirit auction | Robert Berks Abraham Lincoln Bust

Robert Berks Abraham Lincoln Bust Sculpture - Bust sculpture of Abraham Lincoln by American sculptor Robert Berks, created circa 1958-1959. The work presents Lincoln in Berks' expressive, textured sculptural style, with strongly modeled facial features and a substantial bronze-like surface finish. Heavy Bronzed Plaster. Signed on verso. Size: 16.5” tall. Robert Berks (1922-2011) was an American sculptor best known for expressive portrait busts and monuments of prominent political, cultural and historical figures. His work is represented in numerous public collections and civic settings throughout the United States, and he became particularly known for his distinctive heavily textured approach to portrait sculpture.