A handsome bust 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 "

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, Washington, D.C and his portrait sculpture of John F. Kennedy is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. In 1955 Cherne created the bust of President Abraham Lincoln based on an 1865 photograph. The photograph of Lincoln was taken hours after the White House learned of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender and only four days before Lincoln was assassinated. The original sculpture of the Abraham Lincoln bust was once located in the Cabinet Room of the White House and has been in the White House since the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

As pictured so slight dings. As is. Additional pictured I found from one sold recently