Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown \drawing of bank robbery these are just on the

these are just on the surface and there are otherwise no chips or cracks--it remains a truly stunning piece

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Young Caeser (?) Painted Plaster Bust with Metal Laurel Crown \drawing of bank robbery these are just on theI have no idea the story behind this plaster bust, but I think it's wonderful. I love how completely androgynous the figure is, who I take for a young Roman, perhaps Julius Caesar himself, crowned with metal laurel wreath but really I think it could be anyone one wants, and without the crown reminds me a lot of an old Santos figure. The figure's face itself transforms a little, too, depending on point of view, so he, or she, or they, remain always a