Kathleen Beverly Robinson Ingels, “Ralph Clarkson,” Plaster with Bronze Finish, c. First Half of 20th Century

Photograph of a sculpture.

Bust of reliably mustachioed Ralph Clarkson, without glasses. He is sporting a suit jacket and tie. The suit and tie turn into an elongated cube that suggests the suit dissolving into the base of an uppercase “I” at the top quarter of the length of the tie.

9 x 9 1/2 x 22 1/2″

(1882-1958)

Kathleen Robinson was born in Canada. She studied with Lorado Taft in Chicago. She is known to have worked on Taft’s “Fountain of Time.” She also competed in the sculpture event at the 1932 Summer Olympics, which took place in Los Angeles.