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Bust of Thomas Lawton

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Creator

Fugh Lee, Dora, Ms.
Dates

1972
Physical Description

1 Item (bronze bust)
Collection ID

FSA.A2014.03
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2014-03

Scope and Contents

One bust of Thomas Lawton.
Biographical / Historical

Dr. Thomas Lawton was the fifth director (1977-1987) of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Sculpted by Dora Fugh Lee (1929-). Lee studied painting with Yan Shaoxiang in her early years in Beijing. Later she was sole student ("Ke-tou" student) of Pu Ru with whom she had daily lessons when he lived in Tokyo in 1955/56. She also studied sculpture with Pietro Lazzari in the 1970s. She exhibited for many years at Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC.
Creator

Fugh Lee, Dora, Ms.
Archival Repository

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sculpture
Citation

Bust of Thomas Lawton. FSA.A2014.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Rights

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form

sculpture
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
Related Materials

Additional materials related to Dora Fugh Lee can be found in the Franz Bader Gallery records, 1925-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.