plaster cast
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When Saint-Gaudens showed a plaster cast of it at the 1900 Paris Exposition, Auguste Rodin, then the most famous sculptor in Europe, stopped before it, removed his hat and stood in silent tribute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Luckily, three years before, the company had taken a plaster cast of the trophy in order to make a miniature for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
In 1868 a plaster cast was made of the stone and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023
In 2011, the fragile appendages were hardened with an acetone-soluble glue so that they could be removed from the ground in a block of plaster cast.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
After she’s gone, I lie there in my plaster cast, staring at the empty spot where she had been standing.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
