1950s-raleigh-little-theater-sculptural-award
Lot 1074
1950s Raleigh Little Theater Sculptural Award
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Glazed ceramic triple face sculpture, designed by Bill Kaplan, mounted to a walnut base with a silver plaque reading "Raleigh Little Theater, 1956-57, Penny Thomason, Best Supporting Actress, A Streetcar Named Desire," otherwise unmarked.

14 x 5.5 x 5.5 in.

In 1955, Raleigh Little Theatre held a competition, co-sponsored by the NC State School of Design, for an original trophy to award to the winners. Bill Kaplan, who was at the time a fifth year student, submitted the winning design, which is still in use today. After NC State, Kaplan attended Harvard and Princeton, earned a Fulbright Fellowship, and later designed the restoration plan for Cape May, NJ.

Some crazing to the glaze; overall good condition.