Description
Inscribed 'JDF, 1991, 10/10', bronze
Dimensions
40cm (15.75in) high
Footnote
Note: Fergusson carved the original in plaster in 1921, but kept it under his bed for three years before he found someone who could pay for it to be cast in 1924. It is believed only one lifetime cast was made, which is held in the collection of Aberdeen Art Gallery.
A posthumous edition of 6 was cast in 1971 and a second posthumous edition of 10 in 1991, celebrating the Fergusson Gallery project, which opened in 1992. This bust is from the 1991 casting.
The cast was bequethed by Margaret Morris to the Fergusson Foundation. They have no plans to cast any further runs. The Hunterian and Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow both own examples from the 1991 run of 10.