Kirchgoens Wrote:I've found collecting busts and statues to be another addictive habit. I now have about 19 different types of Lenins, three or four Felix D's, a couple Stalins, one Voroshilov, one each equestrian Frunze and Budenney, a Kirov, a Zukov, and a couple battle monuments. My best is my Kirov bust: it's a higher-end bronze that's very nearly lifesized. I also have a 30's terracotta Stalin, and one of my standing Lenins is a very nice bronze. The rest are 60's-80's aluminum castings. I find them out here in Central Asian bazaars for about $10 to $40 for the common Lenin, and more for Stalin and bronzes of all types. One thing I can say is that genuine, period Stalins are NOT easy to find out here. Lenin is a piece of cake: I can two to four of him every Saturday morning.
Kirchgoens, that must be nice just walking around on a bazaar on a Saturday morning and finding contemporary Soviet Busts and Statues!
I'm wondering have you ever encountered something lifeseize depicting Stalin like my bust?
I'm just wondering because I haven't been able to understand just yet how rare it would be. When searching on Stalin busts on Google I've located pictures of two, maximum three of similair sizes Stalin busts and they're in public squares in Russia or in soviet museums.
LavricCat, I looked at the pictures of your Bronze collection, and I must compliment you on it. They're all very beautiful!
Just one thing, the bronze bust named Cesar Julius. Is in fact not Julius Caesar, but his Nephew Caesar Augustus.
Caesar Augustus took power and made the Roman Republic into an Empire, which he ruled for about 40 Years. He was the longest ruling Caesar ever and possibly the most instrumental in making the Roman Empire into the ruling power of the contemporary world.
Because of the breast plate your Augustus is wearing, I could see that this particulary bronze is made after the most famous interpretation of Augustus, called Augustus of Primaporta. (Named this because the Roman Marble Original was found in Primaporta, Rome).
