Doreen Kern "casts" Clint Eastwood in his latest role: as model for a surprise sculpture in 1977. (Photo copyright: Doreen Kern)
By Spencer Lloyd Peet
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In 1977, Clint Eastwood was cast as himself; not in a Hollywood blockbuster movie but as a life-size portrait sculpture. Renowned sculptor, Doreen Kern, immortalised Eastwood in bronze on the request of his then wife Maggie Johnson who asked for it to be made as a surprise gift for the Hollywood superstar. During her stay at the Eastwood’s home, Kern vigilantly studied Eastwood’s face and expressions making notes as he went about his daily business. Eastwood suspected nothing as the ladies chatted amongst themselves.
Kern first met Johnson, a former swim-wear model, in 1974 when she came to London. Because Johnson didn’t really know anybody in London, but a mutual friend of theirs, Connie De Nave, who was...
By Spencer Lloyd Peet
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In 1977, Clint Eastwood was cast as himself; not in a Hollywood blockbuster movie but as a life-size portrait sculpture. Renowned sculptor, Doreen Kern, immortalised Eastwood in bronze on the request of his then wife Maggie Johnson who asked for it to be made as a surprise gift for the Hollywood superstar. During her stay at the Eastwood’s home, Kern vigilantly studied Eastwood’s face and expressions making notes as he went about his daily business. Eastwood suspected nothing as the ladies chatted amongst themselves.
Kern first met Johnson, a former swim-wear model, in 1974 when she came to London. Because Johnson didn’t really know anybody in London, but a mutual friend of theirs, Connie De Nave, who was...
- 11/23/2009
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