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Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924 (Jo Davidson sculpture):
Jo Davidson was a gifted sculptor and a charming raconteur. But when President Woodrow Wilson allowed Davidson a series of sittings in June 1916, the artist, declaring "it takes two to make a bust," had to prompt the president's interest in the portrait by having Wilson sit on the back of an armchair, feet on the seat, to force him to chat with the artist rather than read. One reviewer noted that this bust "is a perfect likeness. Davidson has got all the firmness of the face, without any of that sourness by which some artists unconsciously and mistakenly make people think they would not care to know President Wilson personally."
Jo Davidson, 1919 |