SCULPTURE: Queen Catherine of Braganza by Audrey Flack

Dear Gentle Readers,

The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, has acquired a new breathtaking beauty. It is one giant plaster sculpture of a woman, Queen Catherine of Braganza, a creation by the very talented American sculptor Audrey Flack. 

And even though she is big, she has a delicate beauty about her, her lovely spiral curls, her long, slender fingers delicately grasping her alabaster sphere, the elegant flow of her beautiful gown, with one shoe pointing out, just about to step off the pedestal.

From the Butler's New Acquisitions Article:

Flack’s 10-foot high plaster sculpture is an homage to Queen Catherine 

of Braganza, and is part of a series of sculptures by the artist based 

upon that theme. (The borough of Queens, NY, was named for the 

Portuguese-born monarch who later became Queen of England after 

her marriage to Charles II in 1620.)

The plaster statue features a steel 

and reinforced steel armature, and is 

presented standing on a half-dome 

base. An unusual element of Flack’s 

sculpture is an LED lighted globe 

that the subject holds in her left 

hand.

This plaster work was the prototype for a 13-foot bronze sculpture—a 

commission awarded to the artist by Lisbon, Portugal. The sculpture 

was a gift to the Butler by the artist, and is installed in the Beecher 

Center’s Novak Gallery, Youngstown.

Stop in and see this gorgeous lady at Butler Institute of American Art, 

524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, OH 44502, Phone 330.743.1107, or 

online at www.butlerart.com.

Hugs,

Carol