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Leo Cherne, Two Busts, Lincoln & Freud

Sold for $125 at Schwenke Auctioneers on Feb 29, 2020.

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two cast busts, one depicting Abraham Lincoln, cast in dark patinated plaster and mounted on a square black wood base. The collar of the bust is signed and dated "1955 Leo Cherne." Leo Cherne (1912-1999), was an American economist and attorney, and a co-anchor of ABC-TV’s All-Star News from 1952-1953. He was also a gifted sculptor with many notable works exhibited in prominent museums and institutions. His work of Albert Schweitzer was once displayed in the Smithsonian,

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