Cement Draped Liberty
by Fred Larucci
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8.500 x 11.000 inches
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Title
Cement Draped Liberty
Artist
Fred Larucci
Medium
Drawing - Graphite Pencils - 96lb. Canson Thick Sheet Stock Board Paper
Description
(2014) "Cement" Draped Bust Liberty Dollar "United States Coin" Illustration No.84 Hand Drawn in Graphite on 96lb. Bristol Thick Board Sheet Stock - Pencils Used: 4h, h, hb, b, 2b, 5b - Most of this drawing was done using an hb pencil - Drawing Time: 46 hours to complete.
�2014 The Night Gallery
Drawing Note: The Inner Bust Portrait was drawn first then position within the Diameter of the coin, Liberty's bust portrait took the longest to illustrate, 20 hours to complete, mainly her draped hair which was drawn in three phases
The Draped Bust Dollar is a United States Dollar coin minted from 1795 to 1803, and again into the 1850s. The design succeeded the Flowing Hair dollar, which began mintage in 1794 and was the first silver dollar struck by the United States Mint. The designer is unknown, though the distinction is usually credited to artist Gilbert Stuart. The Model is also unknown, though Ann Willing Bingham has been suggested.
After design approval was received, the designs were sent to artist John Eckstein to be rendered into plaster models. During that time, plaster models were used as a guide to cutting the dies, which was done by hand. Eckstein, who was dismissed by Walter Breen as a "local artistic hack" and described by a contemporary artist as a "thorough-going drudge" due to his willingness to carry out most painting or sculptural tasks at the request of clients, was paid thirty dollars for his work preparing models for both the obverse Liberty and reverse eagle and wreath.
By the end of the 19th century, the 1804 dollar had become the most famous and widely discussed of all American coins. The coins continued to gain popularity throughout the 20th century, and the price reached an all-time high in 1999, when an example graded Proof-68 Draped Bust Liberty was sold at auction for $4,140,000 million.
(CC) 2014 - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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